1 Corinthians 4:9-14 For I think that God has set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death; for we are made a spectacle unto the world and to angels and to men.

EJ2000⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁹ For I think that God has set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death; for we are made a spectacle unto the world and to angels and to men. ¹⁰ We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are prudent in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised. ¹¹ Even unto this present hour we both hunger and thirst and are ill clad and are buffeted and have no certain dwellingplace ¹² and labour, working with our own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it; ¹³ being blasphemed, we intreat; we are made as the filth of this world and are the offscouring of all things unto this day. ¹⁴ ¶ I do not write these things to shame you, but to warn you, as to my beloved sons.