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1 Corinthians 4:11 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 4 · verse 11
Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;1 Corinthians 4:11 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 4:11 in context
9For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
10We 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.
11Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
12And labour, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
13Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- buffetedkolaphizōto strike with the fist, give one a blow with the fist, to maltreat, treat with violence…G2852 →
- presentartijust now, this moment, now at this time, at this very time, this momentG737 →
- hungerpeinaōto hunger, be hungry, to suffer want, to be needy, metaph. to crave ardently, to seek…G3983 →
- thirstdipsaōto suffer thirst, suffer from thirst, figuratively, those who are said to thirst who…G1372 →
- hourhōraa certain definite time or season fixed by natural law and returning with the revolving…G5610 →
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Here the apostle improves the foregoing hint to a caution against pride and self-conceit, and sets forth the temptations the Corinthians had to despise him, from the difference of their circumstances. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-13