“We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have dishonor.”
— WEB
1 Corinthians 4:10
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“We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.”
— KJV
“We are fools for Christ`s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye have glory, but we have dishonor.”
— ASV
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Commentary
Irony. How much your lot (supposing it real) is to be envied, and ours to be pitied. fools-- (Co1 1:21; Co1 3:18; compare Act 17:18; Act 26:24). for Christ's sake . . . in Christ--Our connection with Christ only entails on us the lowest ignominy, "ON ACCOUNT OF," or, "FOR THE SAKE OF" Him, as "fools"; yours gives you full fellowship IN Him as "wise" (that is, supposing you really are all you seem, Co1 3:18). we . . . weak . . . ye . . . strong-- (Co1 2:3; Co2 13:9). we . . . despised-- (Co2 10:10) because of our "weakness," and our not using worldly philosophy and rhetoric, on account of which ye Corinthians and your teachers are (seemingly) so "honorable." Contrast with "despised" the "ye (Galatians) despised not my temptation . . . in my flesh" (Gal 4:14).
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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