1 Corinthians 4:11

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“To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.”

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BSBPD

“To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“unto the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and wander about,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Corinthians 4:11 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 22:6For you needlessly demanded security from your brothers and deprived the naked of their clothing.
  2. Matthew 8:20Jesus replied, “Foxes have dens and birds of the air have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay His head.”
  3. Acts 14:19Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead.
  4. Acts 16:23And after striking them with many blows, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely.
  5. Acts 23:2At this, the high priest Ananias ordered those standing near Paul to strike him on the mouth.
  6. Romans 8:35Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword?
  7. 1 Corinthians 9:4Have we no right to food and to drink?
  8. 2 Corinthians 4:8We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
  9. 2 Corinthians 6:4Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;
  10. 2 Corinthians 11:23Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.
  11. Philippians 4:12I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. I am accustomed to any and every situation—to being filled and being hungry, to having plenty and having need.
  12. 2 Timothy 3:11my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them.

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