Greek Interlinear

1 Corinthians 4:13 Interlinear

Being defamed we intreat as the filth of the world we are made of all things and are the offscouring unto this day

Word-by-Word Analysis

#OriginalStrong'sEnglishDefinition
1βλασφημούμενοιG987Being defamedto vilify; specially, to speak impiously
2παρακαλοῦμεν·G3870we intreatto call near, i.e., invite, invoke (by imploration, hortation or consolation)
3ὡςG5613aswhich how, i.e., in that manner (very variously used, as follows)
4περικαθάρματαG4027the filthsomething cleaned off all around, i.e., refuse (figuratively)
5τοῦG3588the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in english idiom)
6κόσμουG2889of the worldorderly arrangement, i.e., decoration; by implication, the world (including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally))
7ἐγενήθημενG1096we are madeto cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
8πάντωνG3956of all thingsall, any, every, the whole
9περίψημαG4067and are the offscouringsomething brushed all around, i.e., off-scrapings (figuratively, scum)
10ἕωςG2193untoa conjunction, preposition and adverb of continuance, until (of time and place)
11ἄρτιG737this dayjust now

Verse Context

1 Corinthians 4:12And labour working with our own hands...
1 Corinthians 4:13 (current)Being defamed we intreat as the filth of the world we are made of all things and are the offscouring unto this day
1 Corinthians 4:14not to shame you I write these things but...

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