1 Corinthians

1 Corinthians 4:13

¹³when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.

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English	Greek	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
when we are slandered	δυσφημούμενοι	dysphēmoumenoi	Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural	G1426 evil report, defamation
we answer gently	παρακαλοῦμεν	parakaloumen	Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural	G3870 I summon, entreat, admonish, comfort
Up to	ἕως	heōs	Preposition	G2193 until, as far as
this moment	ἄρτι	arti	Adverb	G737 now, just now
we have become	ἐγενήθημεν	egenēthēmen	Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 1st Person Plural	G1096 I come into being, am born
scum	περικαθάρματα	perikatharmata	Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural	G4027 refuse, filth
of the	τοῦ	tou	Article - Genitive Masculine Singular	G3588 the
earth	κόσμου	kosmou	Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular	G2889 the world, universe
refuse	περίψημα	peripsēma	Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular	G4067 scrapings, offscourings
of	πάντων	pantōn	Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural	G3956 all, the whole, every kind of

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