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1 Corinthians 4:11-13 The Price To Pay. 30 Mar 2024

1Co 4:11 To this day,
we go short of food and drink and clothes,
we are beaten up and we have no homes;
12 we earn our living by labouring with our own hands;
when we are cursed, we answer with a blessing;
when we are hounded, we endure it passively;
13 when we are insulted, we give a courteous answer.
We are treated even now as the dregs of the world,
the very lowest scum.

Excerpt from THE NEW JERUSALEM BIBLE, copyright (c) 1985 by Darton, Longman & Todd, Ltd. and Doubleday, a division of Penguin Random House, Inc. Reprinted by Permission.

The apostle Saint Paul did not have the life of the 'rich and wealthy.' He became poor for the sake of Christ.

Christ Like

Just read slowly his responses to disgrace thrown to him. The disgraces are: cursed, hounded, insulted. The responses: blessing, enduring, courteous answers. That seems to me Christ-like.

Prayer

Jesus, teach me humility and kindness.