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Weἡμεῖςarefoolsμωροὶfor the sake ofδιὰthe Messiah,Χριστόνbutδὲyouὑμεῖςarewiseφρόνιμοιinἐνthe Messiah;Χριστῷweἡμεῖςareweak,ἀσθενεῖςbutδὲyouὑμεῖςarestrong;ἰσχυροίyouὑμεῖςarehonored,ἔνδοξοιbutδὲweἡμεῖςaredishonored.ἄτιμοι
1 Corinthians 4:10
Study it in the app“We are fools for the sake of the Messiah, but you are wise in the Messiah; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honored, but we are dishonored.”
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 4:10, word by word
- foolsμωροὶmōroi
foolish, fool
Foolish, stupid; as a noun, a fool.
Where else “mōroi” appears- the MessiahΧριστόνChriston
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christon” appears- wiseφρόνιμοιphronimoi
wise, sensible
Sensible, prudent, practically wise; "wise in your own eyes", self-satisfied.
Where else “phronimoi” appears- weakἀσθενεῖςastheneis
weak
Lacking strength or firmness; frail.
Where else “astheneis” appears- strongἰσχυροίischyroi
strong
Strong, mighty.
Where else “ischyroi” appears- honoredἔνδοξοιendoxoi
honored
Held in esteem.
Where else “endoxoi” appears- dishonoredἄτιμοιatimoi
without honor
Without honor, despised.
Where else “atimoi” appears
The context
9For I think God has displayed us apostles as last, as men sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.
10 · This verse (above)
11To this present hour we hunger and thirst and are poorly clothed and are beaten and have no fixed home,