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For therefore we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Saviour of all men, specially of those that believe.

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1 Cor. 4:9‑13• 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 honorable, 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 labor, working with our own hands: being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:
¹³Being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day. (1 Cor. 4:9‑13)

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2 Cor. 4:8‑10• ⁸We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
⁹Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;
¹⁰Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body. (2 Cor. 4:8‑10)

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2 Cor. 6:3‑10• ³Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:
⁴But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
⁵In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;
⁶By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,
⁷By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,
⁸By honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true;
⁹As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
¹⁰As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things. (2 Cor. 6:3‑10)

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2 Cor. 11:23‑27• ²³Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
²⁴Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.
²⁵Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
²⁶In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
²⁷In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. (2 Cor. 11:23‑27)

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2 Tim. 2:9‑10• ⁹Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
¹⁰Therefore I endure all things for the elect's sakes, that they may also obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. (2 Tim. 2:9‑10)

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2 Tim. 3:10‑12• ¹⁰But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
¹¹Persecutions, afflictions, which came unto me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured: but out of them all the Lord delivered me.
¹²Yea, and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. (2 Tim. 3:10‑12)

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Heb. 11:26• ²⁶Esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt: for he had respect unto the recompence of the reward. (Heb. 11:26)

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Heb. 13:13• ¹³Let us go forth therefore unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach. (Heb. 13:13)

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1 Peter 4:14‑15• ¹⁴If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
¹⁵But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters. (1 Peter 4:14‑15)

because.

1 Tim. 6:17• ¹⁷Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not highminded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy; (1 Tim. 6:17)

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Psa. 37:40• ⁴⁰And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him. (Psa. 37:40)

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Psa. 52:8• ⁸But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God: I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever. (Psa. 52:8)

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Psa. 84:12• ¹²O Lord of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee. (Psa. 84:12)

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Psa. 118:8• ⁸It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in man. (Psa. 118:8)

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Isa. 12:2• ²Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. (Isa. 12:2)

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Isa. 50:10• ¹⁰Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God. (Isa. 50:10)

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Jer. 17:7• ⁷Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. (Jer. 17:7)

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Dan. 3:28• ²⁸Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants that trusted in him, and have changed the king's word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God. (Dan. 3:28)

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Nah. 1:7• ⁷The Lord is good, a strong hold in the day of trouble; and he knoweth them that trust in him. (Nah. 1:7)

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Matt. 27:43• ⁴³He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the Son of God. (Matt. 27:43)

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Rom. 15:12‑13• ¹²And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.
¹³Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost. (Rom. 15:12‑13)

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1 Peter 1:21• ²¹Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God. (1 Peter 1:21)

the living.

1 Tim. 3:15• ¹⁵But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. (1 Tim. 3:15)

the saviour.

1 Tim. 2:4,6• ⁴Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
⁶Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time. (1 Tim. 2:4,6)

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Psa. 36:6• ⁶Thy righteousness is like the great mountains; thy judgments are a great deep: O Lord, thou preservest man and beast. (Psa. 36:6)

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Psa. 107:2,6‑43• ²Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;
⁶Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them out of their distresses.
⁷And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
⁸Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
⁹For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.
¹⁰Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;
¹¹Because they rebelled against the words of God, and contemned the counsel of the most High:
¹²Therefore he brought down their heart with labor; they fell down, and there was none to help.
¹³Then they cried unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses.
¹⁴He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
¹⁵Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
¹⁶For he hath broken the gates of brass, and cut the bars of iron in sunder.
¹⁷Fools because of their transgression, and because of their iniquities, are afflicted.
¹⁸Their soul abhorreth all manner of meat; and they draw near unto the gates of death.
¹⁹Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he saveth them out of their distresses.
²⁰He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
²¹Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
²²And let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare his works with rejoicing.
²³They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters;
²⁴These see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
²⁵For he commandeth, and raiseth the stormy wind, which lifteth up the waves thereof.
²⁶They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble.
²⁷They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end.
²⁸Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses.
²⁹He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
³⁰Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
³¹Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men!
³²Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
³³He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;
³⁴A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.
³⁵He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.
³⁶And there he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation;
³⁷And sow the fields, and plant vineyards, which may yield fruits of increase.
³⁸He blesseth them also, so that they are multiplied greatly; and suffereth not their cattle to decrease.
³⁹Again, they are minished and brought low through oppression, affliction, and sorrow.
⁴⁰He poureth contempt upon princes, and causeth them to wander in the wilderness, where there is no way.
⁴¹Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.
⁴²The righteous shall see it, and rejoice: and all iniquity shall stop her mouth.
⁴³Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the Lord. (Psa. 107:2,6‑43)

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Isa. 45:21‑22• ²¹Tell ye, and bring them near; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath declared this from ancient time? who hath told it from that time? have not I the Lord? and there is no God else beside me; a just God and a Saviour; there is none beside me.
²²Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else. (Isa. 45:21‑22)

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John 1:29• ²⁹The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. (John 1:29)

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John 3:15‑17• ¹⁵That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.
¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
¹⁷For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. (John 3:15‑17)

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1 John 2:2• ²And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world. (1 John 2:2)

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1 John 4:14• ¹⁴And we have seen and do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world. (1 John 4:14)

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John 5:24• ²⁴Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. (John 5:24)

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1 John 5:10‑13• ¹⁰He that believeth on the Son of God hath the witness in himself: he that believeth not God hath made him a liar; because he believeth not the record that God gave of his Son.
¹¹And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
¹²He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
¹³These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God. (1 John 5:10‑13)

• The highest truths do not supersede or even enfeeble the unchanging truth in its lowest range of application every day. It is the unfailing mark of the heterodox where it is so; and this let faithful men note well. (“On 1 Timothy 4:6-16” by W. Kelly)

• It was this same only God, Creator and Saviour, in whom he trusted while laboring for the Lord. (“1 Timothy 4” by J.N. Darby)

• We may be prepared to labor and be prominent before men, and thus labor and gain applause, or labor to exalt self. But if piety is behind our labor, it will inevitably mean labor and reproach. (“Warnings Against Religious Flesh and Instruction in Piety: 1 Timothy 4” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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for, for this we labour and suffer reproach, because we hope in a living God, who is preserver of all men, specially of those that believe.

W. Kelly Translation

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for unto this end wea labour andb suffer reproach, because we have our hope set on a living God who is Saviourc of all men, especially of faithful [men].

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a

"Both" is not represented in the oldest copies, nor in any ancient versions, contrary to the T. R.

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"We strive" or "we combat" (agōnizometha) is supported by many MSS. against others which have "suffer reproach" as the T. R.

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"Saviour," in the full sense of the word, goes too far; it should rather be "preserver."