1 Corinthians 4:13
Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
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- Lam 3:45 : 45 Thou hast made us as the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.
- Acts 22:22 : 22 And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
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