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1 Corinthians 4:13 (WEB)
Being defamed, we entreat. We are made as the filth of the world, the dirt wiped off by all, even until now.

Fathers and councils · 9

Origen, Against Celsus V.63Book V
“…in thinking, and saying, and doing what is in harmony with His words, “when reviled, bless; being persecuted, we suffer it; being defamed, we entreat;” and we would not utter “all manner of things shameful to be spoken” against those who have adopted different opinions from ours, but, if possible, use every…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 12, 13.
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Origen, Against Celsus VII.46Book VII
“As for those, however, who, along with other lessons given by the Divine Word, have learned and practised this, “when reviled to bless, when persecuted to endure, when defamed to entreat,” they may be said to be walking in spirit in the ways of uprightness, to be purifying and setting in order the whole soul.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 12, 13.
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Eusebius of Caesarea, Church History VII.22Book VII
“And the popular saying which always seems a mere expression of courtesy, they then made real in action, taking their departure as the others’ ‘offscouring.’” — editor's note: περίψημα; cf. 1 Cor. iv. 13. Valesius suggests that this may have been a humble and complimentary form of salutation among the Alexandrians: ἐγὼ εἰμὶ περίψημ€…
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Ambrose of Milan, Concerning Repentance II.1Book II
“Follow him who, by diligently ploughing his field, sought for eternal fruit: “Being reviled we bless, being persecuted we endure, being defamed we entreat, we are made as the offscouring of the world.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 12, 13.
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Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms Psalm 89
““Being defamed we entreat: we are made as the filth of the earth, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 13.
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Augustine of Hippo, On the Sermon on the Mount I.20Book I
“…pay you back, inasmuch as the man has done so; but when you do that from a regard to God’s precept, it cannot be unfruitful with Him who gives these commands.” — editor's note: This section, which concerns the law of retaliation, grew out of a rule of every-day life which the Pharisees constructed upon a principle of judicature laid…
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Augustine of Hippo, Sermons on New Testament Lessons Sermon 55
““We are cursed, and we bless, being defamed, we entreat.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 12, 13.
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John Chrysostom, Homilies on Hebrews Homily 28
“Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it; being defamed, we entreat.” ( 1 Cor. iv. 11–13.)” — the author cites it
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Clement of Alexandria, The Stromata, or Miscellanies IV.6Book IV
“Being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we endure; being defamed, we entreat; we are become as it were the offscourings of the world.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. iv. 9, 11, 12, 13.
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