1 Corinthians 4:10

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

we `are' fools because of Christ, and ye wise in Christ; we `are' ailing, and ye strong; ye glorious, and we dishonoured;

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  • 1 Cor 2:3 : 3 and I, in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling, was with you;
  • Acts 17:18 : 18 And certain of the Epicurean and of the Stoic philosophers, were meeting together to see him, and some were saying, `What would this seed picker wish to say?' and others, `Of strange demons he doth seem to be an announcer;' because Jesus and the rising again he did proclaim to them as good news,
  • Acts 26:24 : 24 And, he thus making a defence, Festus with a loud voice said, `Thou art mad, Paul; much learning doth turn thee mad;'
  • 1 Cor 3:18 : 18 Let no one deceive himself; if any one doth seem to be wise among you in this age -- let him become a fool, that he may become wise,
  • 2 Cor 13:9 : 9 for we rejoice when we may be infirm, and ye may be powerful; and this also we pray for -- your perfection!
  • 1 Thess 4:8 : 8 he, therefore, who is despising -- doth not despise man, but God, who also did give His Holy Spirit to us.
  • 1 Pet 4:14 : 14 if ye be reproached in the name of Christ -- happy `are ye', because the Spirit of glory and of God upon you doth rest; in regard, indeed, to them, he is evil-spoken of, and in regard to you, he is glorified;
  • 1 Cor 4:8 : 8 Already ye are having been filled, already ye were rich, apart from us ye did reign, and I would also ye did reign, that we also with you may reign together,
  • 1 Cor 10:12 : 12 so that he who is thinking to stand -- let him observe, lest he fall.
  • 1 Cor 10:14-15 : 14 Wherefore, my beloved, flee from the idolatry; 15 as to wise men I speak -- judge ye what I say:
  • 2 Cor 10:10 : 10 `because the letters indeed -- saith one -- `are' weighty and strong, and the bodily presence weak, and the speech despicable.'
  • 2 Cor 11:19 : 19 for gladly do ye bear with the fools -- being wise,
  • 2 Cor 11:29 : 29 Who is infirm, and I am not infirm? who is stumbled, and I am not fired;
  • 2 Cor 12:9-9 : 9 and He said to me, `Sufficient for thee is My grace, for My power in infirmity is perfected;' most gladly, therefore, will I rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of the Christ may rest on me: 10 wherefore I am well pleased in infirmities, in damages, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses -- for Christ; for whenever I am infirm, then I am powerful;
  • 2 Cor 13:3-4 : 3 since a proof ye seek of the Christ speaking in me, who to you is not infirm, but is powerful in you, 4 for even if he was crucified from infirmity, yet he doth live from the power of God; for we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him from the power of God toward you.
  • 1 Cor 1:1-3 : 1 Paul, a called apostle of Jesus Christ, through the will of God, and Sosthenes the brother, 2 to the assembly of God that is in Corinth, to those sanctified in Christ Jesus, called saints, with all those calling upon the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place -- both theirs and ours: 3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ!
  • 1 Cor 1:18-20 : 18 for the word of the cross to those indeed perishing is foolishness, and to us -- those being saved -- it is the power of God, 19 for it hath been written, `I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the intelligence of the intelligent I will bring to nought;' 20 where `is' the wise? where the scribe? where a disputer of this age? did not God make foolish the wisdom of this world?
  • 1 Cor 1:26-28 : 26 for see your calling, brethren, that not many `are' wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble; 27 but the foolish things of the world did God choose, that the wise He may put to shame; and the weak things of the world did God choose that He may put to shame the strong; 28 and the base things of the world, and the things despised did God choose, and the things that are not, that the things that are He may make useless --
  • Acts 17:32 : 32 And having heard of a rising again of the dead, some, indeed, were mocking, but others said, `We will hear thee again concerning this;'
  • 1 Cor 2:14 : 14 and the natural man doth not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for to him they are foolishness, and he is not able to know `them', because spiritually they are discerned;
  • 1 Cor 3:2 : 2 with milk I fed you, and not with meat, for ye were not yet able, but not even yet are ye now able,
  • 2 Kgs 9:11 : 11 And Jehu hath gone out unto the servants of his lord, and `one' saith to him, `Is there peace? wherefore came this madman unto thee?' and he saith unto them, `Ye have known the man and his talk.'
  • Prov 11:12 : 12 Whoso is despising his neighbour lacketh heart, And a man of understanding keepeth silence.
  • Isa 53:3 : 3 He is despised, and left of men, A man of pains, and acquainted with sickness, And as one hiding the face from us, He is despised, and we esteemed him not.
  • Jer 8:8-9 : 8 How do ye say, We `are' wise, And the law of Jehovah `is' with us? Surely, lo, falsely it hath wrought, The false pen of scribes. 9 Ashamed have been the wise, They have been affrighted, and are captured, Lo, against a word of Jehovah they kicked, And the wisdom of what -- have they?
  • Hos 9:7 : 7 Come in have the days of inspection, Come in have the days of recompence, Israel doth know! a fool `is' the prophet, Mad `is' the man of the Spirit, Because of the abundance of thine iniquity, And great `is' the hatred.
  • Matt 5:11 : 11 `Happy are ye whenever they may reproach you, and may persecute, and may say any evil thing against you falsely for my sake --
  • Matt 10:22-25 : 22 and ye shall be hated by all because of my name, but he who hath endured to the end, he shall be saved. 23 `And whenever they may persecute you in this city, flee to the other, for verily I say to you, ye may not have completed the cities of Israel till the Son of Man may come. 24 `A disciple is not above the teacher, nor a servant above his lord; 25 sufficient to the disciple that he may be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord; if the master of the house they did call Beelzeboul, how much more those of his household?
  • Matt 24:9 : 9 then they shall deliver you up to tribulation, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated by all the nations because of my name;
  • Luke 6:22 : 22 `Happy are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you, and shall reproach, and shall cast forth your name as evil, for the Son of Man's sake --
  • Luke 10:16 : 16 `He who is hearing you, doth hear me; and he who is putting you away, doth put me away; and he who is putting me away, doth put away Him who sent me.'
  • Luke 18:9 : 9 And he spake also unto certain who have been trusting in themselves that they were righteous, and have been despising the rest, this simile:
  • Acts 9:16 : 16 for I will shew him how many things it behoveth him for My name to suffer.'

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  • 1 Cor 4:8-9
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    8Already ye are having been filled, already ye were rich, apart from us ye did reign, and I would also ye did reign, that we also with you may reign together,

    9for I think that God did set forth us the apostles last -- as appointed to death, because a spectacle we became to the world, and messengers, and men;

  • 1 Cor 4:11-13
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    11unto the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and wander about,

    12and labour, working with `our' own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer;

    13being spoken evil of, we entreat; as filth of the world we did become -- of all things an offscouring -- till now.

  • 1 Cor 1:25
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    25because the foolishness of God is wiser than men, and the weakness of God is stronger than men;

  • 2 Cor 13:3-4
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    3since a proof ye seek of the Christ speaking in me, who to you is not infirm, but is powerful in you,

    4for even if he was crucified from infirmity, yet he doth live from the power of God; for we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him from the power of God toward you.

  • 2 Cor 11:19-21
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    19for gladly do ye bear with the fools -- being wise,

    20for ye bear, if any one is bringing you under bondage, if any one doth devour, if any one doth take away, if any one doth exalt himself, if any one on the face doth smite you;

    21in reference to dishonour I speak, how that we were weak, and in whatever any one is bold -- in foolishness I say `it' -- I also am bold.

  • 2 Cor 12:10-11
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    10wherefore I am well pleased in infirmities, in damages, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses -- for Christ; for whenever I am infirm, then I am powerful;

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    27but the foolish things of the world did God choose, that the wise He may put to shame; and the weak things of the world did God choose that He may put to shame the strong;

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    12for not again ourselves do we recommend to you, but we are giving occasion to you of glorifying in our behalf, that ye may have `something' in reference to those glorifying in face and not in heart;

    13for whether we were beside ourselves, `it was' to God; whether we be of sound mind -- `it is' to you,

  • 2 Cor 4:5
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    5for not ourselves do we preach, but Christ Jesus -- Lord, and ourselves your servants because of Jesus;

  • 2 Cor 4:7-12
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    7And we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us;

    8on every side being in tribulation, but not straitened; perplexed, but not in despair;

    9persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;

    10at all times the dying of the Lord Jesus bearing about in the body, that the life also of Jesus in our body may be manifested,

    11for always are we who are living delivered up to death because of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our dying flesh,

    12so that, the death indeed in us doth work, and the life in you.

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    16Again I say, may no one think me to be a fool; and if otherwise, even as a fool receive me, that I also a little may boast.

  • 2 Cor 13:9
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    9for we rejoice when we may be infirm, and ye may be powerful; and this also we pray for -- your perfection!

  • 2 Cor 6:8-10
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    8through glory and dishonour, through evil report and good report, as leading astray, and true;

    9as unknown, and recognized; as dying, and lo, we live; as chastened, and not put to death;

    10as sorrowful, and always rejoicing; as poor, and making many rich; as having nothing, and possessing all things.

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    1And we ought -- we who are strong -- to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves;

  • 2 Cor 10:7-8
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    7The things in presence do ye see? if any one hath trusted in himself to be Christ's, this let him reckon again from himself, that according as he is Christ's, so also we `are' Christ's;

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    6nor seeking of men glory, neither from you nor from others, being able to be burdensome, as Christ's apostles.

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    8For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of our tribulation that happened to us in Asia, that we were exceedingly burdened above `our' power, so that we despaired even of life;

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    10`because the letters indeed -- saith one -- `are' weighty and strong, and the bodily presence weak, and the speech despicable.'

    11This one -- let him reckon thus: that such as we are in word, through letters, being absent, such also, being present, `we are' in deed.

    12For we do not make bold to rank or to compare ourselves with certain of those commending themselves, but they, among themselves measuring themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are not wise,

  • 1 Cor 3:18-19
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    18Let no one deceive himself; if any one doth seem to be wise among you in this age -- let him become a fool, that he may become wise,

    19for the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God, for it hath been written, `Who is taking the wise in their craftiness;'

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    4so that we ourselves do glory in you in the assemblies of God, for your endurance and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye bear;

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    9not because we have not authority, but that ourselves a pattern we might give to you, to imitate us;

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    1Because of this, having this ministration, according as we did receive kindness, we do not faint,

  • 1 Cor 1:20
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    20where `is' the wise? where the scribe? where a disputer of this age? did not God make foolish the wisdom of this world?

  • 1 Cor 9:12
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    12if others do partake of the authority over you -- not we more? but we did not use this authority, but all things we bear, that we may give no hindrance to the good news of the Christ.

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    19Again, think ye that to you we are making defence? before God in Christ do we speak; and the all things, beloved, `are' for your up-building,

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    2but having both suffered before, and having been injuriously treated (as ye have known) in Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the good news of God in much conflict,

  • 1 Cor 1:18
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    18for the word of the cross to those indeed perishing is foolishness, and to us -- those being saved -- it is the power of God,

  • Rom 8:36
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    36(according as it hath been written -- `For Thy sake we are put to death all the day long, we were reckoned as sheep of slaughter,')

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    6And these things, brethren, I did transfer to myself and to Apollos because of you, that in us ye may learn not to think above that which hath been written, that ye may not be puffed up one for one against the other,

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    16wherefore, we faint not, but if also our outward man doth decay, yet the inward is renewed day by day;

  • 2 Cor 2:17
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    17for we are not as the many, adulterating the word of God, but as of sincerity -- but as of God; in the presence of God, in Christ we do speak.