1 Corinthians 4:11

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Even to this hour we are without food, drink, and clothing, we are given blows and have no certain resting-place;

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  • Rom 8:35 : 35 Who will come between us and the love of Christ? Will trouble, or pain, or cruel acts, or the need of food or of clothing, or danger, or the sword?
  • 2 Cor 11:23-27 : 23 Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking foolishly) I am more so; I have had more experience of hard work, of prisons, of blows more than measure, of death. 24 Five times the Jews gave me forty blows but one. 25 Three times I was whipped with rods, once I was stoned, three times the ship I was in came to destruction at sea, a night and a day I have been in the water; 26 In frequent travels, in dangers on rivers, in dangers from outlaws, in dangers from my countrymen, in dangers from the Gentiles, in dangers in the town, in dangers in the waste land, in dangers at sea, in dangers among false brothers; 27 In hard work and weariness, in frequent watchings, going without food and drink, cold and in need of clothing.
  • Phil 4:12 : 12 It is the same to me if I am looked down on or honoured; everywhere and in all things I have the secret of how to be full and how to go without food; how to have wealth and how to be in need.
  • Matt 8:20 : 20 And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have a resting-place; but the Son of man has nowhere to put his head.
  • Acts 14:19 : 19 But some Jews came to that place from Antioch and Iconium, and got control over the people; and after stoning Paul, they had him pulled out of the town, taking him for dead.
  • Acts 16:23 : 23 And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely:
  • Acts 23:2 : 2 And the high priest, Ananias, gave orders to those who were near him to give him a blow on the mouth.
  • 1 Cor 9:4 : 4 Have we no right to take food and drink?
  • 2 Cor 4:8 : 8 Troubles are round us on every side, but we are not shut in; things are hard for us, but we see a way out of them;
  • 2 Cor 6:4-5 : 4 But in everything making it clear that we are the servants of God, in quiet strength, in troubles, in need, in sorrow, 5 In blows, in prisons, in attacks, in hard work, in watchings, in going without food;
  • 2 Tim 3:11 : 11 My punishments and pain; the things which came to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; the cruel attacks made on me: and the Lord made me free from them all.
  • Job 22:6 : 6 For you have taken your brother's goods when he was not in your debt, and have taken away the clothing of those who have need of it.

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    12 And with our hands we do the hardest work: when they give us curses we give blessings, when we undergo punishment we take it quietly;

    13 When evil things are said about us we give gentle answers: we are made as the unclean things of the world, as that for which no one has any use, even till now.

  • 2 Cor 11:26-27
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    26 In frequent travels, in dangers on rivers, in dangers from outlaws, in dangers from my countrymen, in dangers from the Gentiles, in dangers in the town, in dangers in the waste land, in dangers at sea, in dangers among false brothers;

    27 In hard work and weariness, in frequent watchings, going without food and drink, cold and in need of clothing.

  • 1 Cor 4:8-10
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    8 For even now you are full, even now you have wealth, you have been made kings without us: truly, I would be glad if you were kings, so that we might be kings with you.

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    8 And we did not take food from any man for nothing, but were working hard night and day not to be a trouble to any of you:

    9 Not because we have not the right, but to make ourselves an example to you, so that you might do the same.

    10 For even when we were with you we gave you orders, saying, If any man does no work, let him not have food.

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    8 Troubles are round us on every side, but we are not shut in; things are hard for us, but we see a way out of them;

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    10 In our bodies there is ever the mark of the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our bodies.

    11 For, while living, we are still being given up to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our flesh, though it is under the power of death.

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    4 But in everything making it clear that we are the servants of God, in quiet strength, in troubles, in need, in sorrow,

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    9 Unnoted, but still kept fully in mind; as near to death, but still living; as undergoing punishment, but not put to death;

    10 As full of sorrow, but ever glad; as poor, but giving wealth to others; as having nothing, but still having all things.

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    4 Have we no right to take food and drink?

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    2 For in this we are crying in weariness, greatly desiring to be clothed with our house from heaven:

    3 So that our spirits may not be unclothed.

    4 For truly, we who are in this tent do give out cries of weariness, for the weight of care which is on us; not because we are desiring to be free from the body, but so that we may have our new body, and death may be overcome by life.

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    8 For it is our desire that you may not be without knowledge of our trouble which came on us in Asia, that the weight of it was very great, more than our power, so that it seemed that we had no hope even of life:

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    15 If a brother or a sister is without clothing and in need of the day's food,

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    4 My words to you are without fear, I am full of pride on account of you: I have great comfort and joy in all our troubles.

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    5 For it is common knowledge among you that we never made use of smooth-sounding false words, and God is witness that at no time were we secretly desiring profit for ourselves,

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    2 But after we had first undergone much pain and been cruelly attacked as you saw, at Philippi, by the help of God we gave you the good news without fear, though everything was against us.

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    8 But if we have food and a roof over us, let that be enough.

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    35 Who will come between us and the love of Christ? Will trouble, or pain, or cruel acts, or the need of food or of clothing, or danger, or the sword?

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    30 And why are we in danger every hour?

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    10 Take no bag for your journey and do not take two coats or shoes or a stick: for the workman has a right to his food.

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    13 For if we are foolish, it is to God; or if we are serious, it is for you.

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    34 You yourselves have seen that with these hands I got what was necessary for me and those who were with me.

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    12 If others have a part in this right over you, have we not even more? But we did not make use of our right, so that we might put nothing in the way of the good news of Christ.