1 Corinthians 4:8-18

RYLT(i) 8 Already you are having been filled, already you were rich, apart from us you did reign, and I would also you did reign, that we also with you may reign together, 9 for I think that God did set forth us the apostles last -- as appointed to death, because a spectacle we became to the world, and messengers, and men; 10 we are fools because of Christ, and you wise in Christ; we are ailing, and you strong; you glorious, and we dishonoured; 11 unto the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and wander about, 12 and labour, working with our own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer; 13 being spoken evil of, we entreat; as filth of the world we did become -- of all things an offscouring -- till now. 14 Not as putting you to shame do I write these things, but as my beloved children I do admonish, 15 for if a myriad of child-conductors you may have in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus, through the good news, I -- I did beget you; 16 I call upon you, therefore, become you followers of me; 17 because of this I sent to you Timotheus, who is my child, beloved and faithful in the Lord, who shall remind you of my ways in Christ, according as everywhere in every assembly I teach. 18 And as if I were not coming unto you certain were puffed up;