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We have become the scum of the earth, the garbage of the world—right up to this moment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/1_corinthians/4.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />We appeal gently when evil things are said about us. Yet we are treated like the world’s garbage, like everybody’s trash—right up to the present moment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/1_corinthians/4.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />when slandered, we entreat. We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, the refuse of all things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/1_corinthians/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/1_corinthians/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />being slandered, we entreat. We have become as <i>the</i> residue of the world, <i>the</i> refuse of all, until now.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/1_corinthians/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, <i>and are</i> the offscouring of all things unto this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/1_corinthians/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />being defamed, we entreat. We have been made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until now.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/1_corinthians/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />when we are slandered, we reply as friends; we have become as the scum of the world, the dregs of all things, <i>even</i> until now.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/1_corinthians/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />when we are slandered, we try to conciliate; we have become as the scum of the world, the dregs of all things, even until now.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/1_corinthians/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />when we are slandered, we try to conciliate; we have become as the scum of the world, the dregs of all things, <i>even</i> until now.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/1_corinthians/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />when we are slandered, we try to plead; we have become as the scum of the world, the grime of all things, <i>even</i> until now.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/1_corinthians/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />When we are slandered, we <i>try to be</i> conciliatory <i>and</i> answer softly. We have become like the scum of the world, the dregs of all things, even until now.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/1_corinthians/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />when we are slandered, we respond graciously. Even now, we are like the scum of the earth, like everyone’s garbage.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/1_corinthians/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />when we are slandered, we respond graciously. Even now, we are like the world&#8217s garbage, like the dirt everyone scrapes off their sandals. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/1_corinthians/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even until now.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/1_corinthians/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />When someone curses us, we answer with kind words. Until now we are thought of as nothing more than the trash and garbage of this world. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/1_corinthians/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even until now.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/1_corinthians/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />When our reputations are attacked, we remain courteous. Right now we have become garbage in the eyes of the world and trash in the sight of all people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/1_corinthians/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />when we are insulted, we answer back with kind words. We are no more than this world's garbage; we are the scum of the earth to this very moment! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/1_corinthians/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />When slandered, we answer with kind words. Even now we have become the filth of the world, the scum of the universe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/1_corinthians/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/1_corinthians/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />when people lie about us, we answer in a friendly manner. We are the world's dirt and scum, even now. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/1_corinthians/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/1_corinthians/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things to this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/1_corinthians/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />when slandered, we try to conciliate. We have come to be regarded as the mere dirt and filth of the world--the refuse of the universe, even to this hour.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/1_corinthians/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/1_corinthians/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />being spoken evil of, we plead; we became as filth of the world—of all things an outcast—until now.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/1_corinthians/4.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />being slandered, we entreat. We have become as <i>the</i> residue of the world, <i>the</i> refuse of all, until now.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/1_corinthians/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> being spoken evil of, we entreat; as filth of the world we did become -- of all things an offscouring -- till now.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/1_corinthians/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Being defamed, we entreat: as the filth of the world were we become, the offscouring of all until now.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/1_corinthians/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />We are blasphemed, and we entreat; we are made as the refuse of this world, the offscouring of all even until now. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/1_corinthians/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />We are cursed, and so we pray. We have become like the refuse of this world, like the reside of everything, even until now.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/1_corinthians/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />when slandered, we respond gently. We have become like the world’s rubbish, the scum of all, to this very moment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/1_corinthians/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />when slandered, we speak kindly. We have become like the rubbish of the world, the dregs of all things, to this very day.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/1_corinthians/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Being reviled, we intreat;: we are looked upon as the refuse of the world, and we are the revilement of every man to this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/1_corinthians/4.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />They accuse us and we beg them. We are as the scum of the world and the offscouring of every person until now.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/1_corinthians/4.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />when defamed, we entreat; we have become like the outcasts of the world, the offscouring of all things to this day.<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/1_corinthians/4.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />being scandalized, we entreat: we have become as the offscourings of the world, the refuse of all things until now.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/1_corinthians/4.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />being injuriously spoken of, we entreat; we are made as the ordures of the world, as the sweepings of all things unto this day.<CM><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/1_corinthians/4.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />and when we are defamed, we intreat: in a word, we are look'd upon as the dregs and scum of mankind, even to this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/1_corinthians/4.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />when slandered, we try to conciliate. We have come to be regarded as the mere dirt and filth of the world--the refuse of the universe, even to this hour.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/1_corinthians/4.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />being defamed, we entreat; we were made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, until now.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/1_corinthians/4.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />We are made as the filth of the world, <i>and</i> the refuse of all <i>things</i> to this day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/1_corinthians/4-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/g-wZWoK_LZU?start=749" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/1_corinthians/4.htm">Fools for Christ</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>We work hard with our own hands. When we are vilified, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it; <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/1426.htm" title="1426: dysphēmoumenoi (V-PPM/P-NMP) -- Evil report, defamation, words of ill omen. From a compound of dus- and pheme; defamation.">when we are slandered,</a> <a href="/greek/3870.htm" title="3870: parakaloumen (V-PIA-1P) -- From para and kaleo; to call near, i.e. Invite, invoke.">we answer gently.</a> <a href="/greek/2193.htm" title="2193: heōs (Prep) -- A conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until.">Up to</a> <a href="/greek/737.htm" title="737: arti (Adv) -- Now, just now, at this moment. Adverb from a derivative of airo through the idea of suspension; just now.">this moment</a> <a href="/greek/1096.htm" title="1096: egenēthēmen (V-AIP-1P) -- A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.">we have become</a> <a href="/greek/5613.htm" title="5613: hōs (Adv) -- Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner."></a> <a href="/greek/4027.htm" title="4027: perikatharmata (N-NNP) -- Refuse, offscouring, filth. From a compound of peri and kathairo; something cleaned off all around, i.e. Refuse.">the scum</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tou (Art-GMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">of the</a> <a href="/greek/2889.htm" title="2889: kosmou (N-GMS) -- Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally).">earth,</a> <a href="/greek/4067.htm" title="4067: peripsēma (N-NNS) -- From a comparative of peri and psao; something brushed all around, i.e. Off-scrapings.">the refuse</a> <a href="/greek/3956.htm" title="3956: pantōn (Adj-GNP) -- All, the whole, every kind of. Including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole.">of the world.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">14</span>I am not writing this to shame you, but to warn you as my beloved children.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-11.htm">Matthew 5:11-12</a></span><br />Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me. / Rejoice and be glad, because great is your reward in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets before you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/6-22.htm">Luke 6:22-23</a></span><br />Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man. / Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For their fathers treated the prophets in the same way.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-8.htm">2 Corinthians 6:8-10</a></span><br />through glory and dishonor, slander and praise; viewed as imposters, yet genuine; / unknown, yet well-known; dying, and yet we live on; punished, yet not killed; / sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/8-35.htm">Romans 8:35-37</a></span><br />Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? / As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.” / No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-36.htm">Hebrews 11:36-38</a></span><br />Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. / They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated. / The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/4-14.htm">1 Peter 4:14-16</a></span><br />If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. / Indeed, none of you should suffer as a murderer or thief or wrongdoer, or even as a meddler. / But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear that name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/15-18.htm">John 15:18-21</a></span><br />If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first. / If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. / Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/5-41.htm">Acts 5:41</a></span><br />The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/3-12.htm">2 Timothy 3:12</a></span><br />Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/3-8.htm">Philippians 3:8</a></span><br />More than that, I count all things as loss compared to the surpassing excellence of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whom I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3</a></span><br />He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/44-13.htm">Psalm 44:13-14</a></span><br />You have made us a reproach to our neighbors, a mockery and derision to those around us. / You have made us a byword among the nations, a laughingstock among the peoples.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-45.htm">Lamentations 3:45</a></span><br />You have made us scum and refuse among the nations.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/30-9.htm">Job 30:9-10</a></span><br />And now they mock me in song; I have become a byword among them. / They abhor me and keep far from me; they do not hesitate to spit in my face.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/69-9.htm">Psalm 69:9-12</a></span><br />because zeal for Your house has consumed me, and the insults of those who insult You have fallen on me. / I wept and fasted, but it brought me reproach. / I made sackcloth my clothing, and I was sport to them. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things to this day.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/3-45.htm">Lamentations 3:45</a></b></br> Thou hast made us <i>as</i> the offscouring and refuse in the midst of the people.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/acts/22-22.htm">Acts 22:22</a></b></br> And they gave him audience unto this word, and <i>then</i> lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a <i>fellow</i> from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/romans/9-20.htm">Answers</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-11.htm">Defamed</a> <a href="/zechariah/9-3.htm">Dirt</a> <a 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href="/1_corinthians/6-9.htm">Use</a> <a href="/genesis/7-4.htm">Wiped</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/5-10.htm">World</a><div class="vheading2">1 Corinthians 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-1.htm">In what account the apostles ought to be regarded.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-7.htm">We have nothing which we have not received.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-9.htm">The apostles spectacles to the world, angels, and men;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-13.htm">the filth and offscouring of the world;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-15.htm">yet our fathers in Christ;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">16. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-16.htm">whom we ought to follow.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script><br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading"><a href="/study/1_corinthians/4.htm">Berean Study Bible</a></div><b>when we are slandered</b><br />The Greek word for "slandered" is "dusphēmoumenoi," which implies being spoken of in an evil or defamatory manner. In the historical context of the early church, Christians were often misunderstood and maligned by both Jewish and pagan communities. This phrase highlights the reality of persecution and the call to respond with grace. It reflects Jesus' teaching in <a href="/matthew/5-44.htm">Matthew 5:44</a> to love enemies and pray for those who persecute you, emphasizing a Christ-like response to adversity.<p><b>we answer kindly</b><br />The Greek term "parakaloumen" suggests not just a gentle response but an exhortation or encouragement. This reflects the Christian ethic of returning good for evil, as seen in <a href="/romans/12-21.htm">Romans 12:21</a>. The early church fathers, such as Polycarp, exemplified this attitude, often responding to persecution with forgiveness and love. This phrase encourages believers to maintain a spirit of gentleness and peace, even when faced with hostility.<p><b>Up to this moment</b><br />This phrase indicates the ongoing nature of the apostles' experiences. The Greek "achri arti" suggests a continuous state, emphasizing that the trials faced by Paul and his companions were not momentary but persistent. Historically, this reflects the constant challenges faced by early Christians, who were often marginalized and oppressed. It serves as a reminder of the enduring nature of Christian witness in the face of adversity.<p><b>we have become the scum of the earth</b><br />The term "perikatharmata" in Greek refers to the refuse or filth that is scraped off. In ancient times, this word was used to describe the lowest of the low, often associated with those who were sacrificed to appease the gods during plagues or disasters. Paul uses this vivid imagery to convey the depth of humiliation and rejection experienced by the apostles. It underscores the cost of discipleship and the willingness to be seen as nothing for the sake of Christ.<p><b>the refuse of the world</b><br />The Greek word "peripsēma" is similar to "perikatharmata," reinforcing the idea of being considered worthless or disposable. This phrase highlights the contrast between the world's values and God's values. While the world may see believers as insignificant, God sees them as precious and chosen. This serves as an encouragement to Christians to find their identity and worth in Christ, rather than in societal approval.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_corinthians/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) <span class= "bld">The filth of the</span> <span class= "bld">world.</span>--The word here used for "filth" occurs only in one other passage in the LXX. <a href="/proverbs/21-18.htm" title="The wicked shall be a ransom for the righteous, and the transgressor for the upright.">Proverbs 21:18</a>, where it has the idea of an additional expiatory sacrifice. Perhaps the word is used here by the Apostle to include that idea in the sufferings, the description of which here reaches a climax. It is not only that we are the filth and off scouring of all men, but we are so for the sake of others.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_corinthians/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Being defamed, we entreat.</span> The expression "we entreat" is very general. It may mean "we entreat men not to speak thus injuriously of us" (Calvin); or "we exhort them to do right." <span class="cmt_word">As the filth of the world</span>. The Greek word <span class="accented">katharmata</span> has a technical sense, in which it means "men devoted to death for purposes of expiation" (<span class="accented">homines piaculares</span>). The word <span class="accented">perikatharnmta</span> has the sense of "sin offerings" in <a href="/proverbs/21-18.htm">Proverbs 21:18</a>; Tobit 5:18. It is, however, doubtful whether this meaning of the word could have been at all familiar to Greek readers, and it is only in a very general and distantly metaphorical sense that the sufferings of God's saints can be regarded as, in any sense of the word, vicarious. It is better, therefore, here to retain the sense of "refuse" (<span class="accented">purgamenta</span>, things vile and worthless). <span class="cmt_word">The offscouring of all things;</span> perhaps rather, <span class="accented">of</span> <span class="accented">all men.</span> The word <span class="accented">peripsema</span> means "a thing scraped off," and this word also was used in expiatory human sacrifices, where the formula used to victims thus flung into the sea, in times of plague or famine, was, "Become our <span class="accented">peripsema'</span> ('Schol. on Ar.;' Plut., 456). Thus in Tobit (5:18), Anna the wife of Tobias says, "Let the money be used as a <span class="accented">peripsema</span> for the child;" and Ignatius uses the phrase, "I am your <span class="accented">peripsema."</span> From this and the similar phrase in the Letter of Barnabas," I am the <span class="accented">peripsema</span> of your love," it seems to have become a current expression of tenderness among Christians, "I am your <span class="accented">peripsema."</span> But in this case also it may be doubted whether the sacrificial idea was present in the apostle's mind. He is thinking of scenes which he had already faced and would have to face hereafter, when mobs shouted against him that he was "a pestilent fellow" (<a href="/acts/24-5.htm">Acts 24:5</a>) and not fit to live (<a href="/acts/22-22.htm">Acts 22:22</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/1_corinthians/4-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">when we are slandered,</span><br /><span class="grk">δυσφημούμενοι</span> <span class="translit">(dysphēmoumenoi)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1426.htm">Strong's 1426: </a> </span><span class="str2">Evil report, defamation, words of ill omen. From a compound of dus- and pheme; defamation.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">we answer gently.</span><br /><span class="grk">παρακαλοῦμεν</span> <span class="translit">(parakaloumen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3870.htm">Strong's 3870: </a> </span><span class="str2">From para and kaleo; to call near, i.e. Invite, invoke.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Up to</span><br /><span class="grk">ἕως</span> <span class="translit">(heōs)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2193.htm">Strong's 2193: </a> </span><span class="str2">A conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">this moment</span><br /><span class="grk">ἄρτι</span> <span class="translit">(arti)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_737.htm">Strong's 737: </a> </span><span class="str2">Now, just now, at this moment. Adverb from a derivative of airo through the idea of suspension; just now.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">we have become</span><br /><span class="grk">ἐγενήθημεν</span> <span class="translit">(egenēthēmen)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 1st Person Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1096.htm">Strong's 1096: </a> </span><span class="str2">A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[the] scum</span><br /><span class="grk">περικαθάρματα</span> <span class="translit">(perikatharmata)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4027.htm">Strong's 4027: </a> </span><span class="str2">Refuse, offscouring, filth. From a compound of peri and kathairo; something cleaned off all around, i.e. Refuse.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the</span><br /><span class="grk">τοῦ</span> <span class="translit">(tou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">earth,</span><br /><span class="grk">κόσμου</span> <span class="translit">(kosmou)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2889.htm">Strong's 2889: </a> </span><span class="str2">Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (morally).</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[the] refuse</span><br /><span class="grk">περίψημα</span> <span class="translit">(peripsēma)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_4067.htm">Strong's 4067: </a> </span><span class="str2">From a comparative of peri and psao; something brushed all around, i.e. Off-scrapings.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of [the world].</span><br /><span class="grk">πάντων</span> <span class="translit">(pantōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3956.htm">Strong's 3956: </a> </span><span class="str2">All, the whole, every kind of. 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