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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, b God set us the apostles last as devoted to death, because we became a spectacle to the world, to both angels and men:
¹⁰we, fools for Christ, but ye prudent in Christ; we weak, but ye strong; ye illustrious, but we disgraced.
¹¹Until the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and are naked and are buffeted and are homeless wanderers,
¹²and we toil, working with our own hands; reviled, we bless, persecuted, we suffer;
¹³slandered, we beseech. We became as the world's scum, off-scouring of all, until now. (1 Cor. 4:9‑13)

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2 Cor. 4:8‑10• ⁸in everything being afflicted, yet not straitened, sorely yet not utterly perplexed,
⁹persecuted yet not forsaken, cast down yet not destroyed,
¹⁰always bearing about in the body the dying of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our body. (2 Cor. 4:8‑10)

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2 Cor. 6:3‑10• ³giving none offence in anything that the ministry be not blamed.
⁴But in everything as ministers of God commending ourselves, in much patience, in affliction, in necessities, in straits,
⁵in stripes, in prisons, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings,
⁶in pureness, in knowledge, in long-suffering, in kindness, in [the] Holy Spirit, in love unfeigned,
⁷in [the] word of truth, in [the] power of God. Through the arms of righteousness on the right and left,
⁸through glory and dishonour, through ill report and good report, as deceivers and true,
⁹as unknown and well known, as dying and, behold, we live, as chastened and not put to death,
¹⁰as grieved but always rejoicing, as poor but enriching many, as having nothing and possessing all things. (2 Cor. 6:3‑10)

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2 Cor. 11:23‑27• ²³Are they ministers of Christ? (Beside myself I speak) I above measure; in labours very abundantly, in prisons very abundantly, in stripes exceedingly, in deaths often.
²⁴From Jews five times I received forty [stripes] save one;
²⁵thrice was I beaten with rods, once I was stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
²⁶by wayfarings often, by dangers of rivers, by dangers of robbers, by dangers from countrymen, by dangers from Gentiles, by dangers in town, by dangers in desert, by dangers at sea, by dangers among false brethren, by toil and trouble;
²⁷in 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• ⁹in which I suffer unto bonds as an evil-doer; but the word of God is not bound.
¹⁰For this cause I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain salvation, that [is] in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory. (2 Tim. 2:9‑10)

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2 Tim. 3:10‑12• ¹⁰But thou hast followed closely my teaching, course, purpose, faith, long-suffering, love, patience,
¹¹persecutions, sufferings; what things befell me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; what persecutions I endured, and out of all the Lord delivered me.
¹²Yea, and all that desire to live piously in Christ Jesus shall be persecuted. (2 Tim. 3:10‑12)

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Heb. 11:26• ²⁶counting the Christ's reproach greater riches than the treasures of Egypt, for he looked off unto the recompense. (Heb. 11:26)

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

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1 Peter 4:14‑15• ¹⁴If ye are reproached in Christ's name, blessed [are ye], because the [Spirit] of glory and the Spirit of God resteth upon you: [on their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified].
¹⁵For let none of you suffer as murderer or thief or evil-doer, or as spy on another's matter; (1 Peter 4:14‑15)

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1 Tim. 6:17• ¹⁷Those rich in the present age charge not to be highminded, nor to set their hope on uncertainty of riches, but on the God that affordeth us all things richly for enjoyment; (1 Tim. 6:17)

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Psa. 37:40• ⁴⁰And Jehovah helpeth them and delivereth them;{HR}He will deliver them and save them{HR}Because they have trusted in him. (Psa. 37:40)

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Psa. 52:8• ⁸But for me, I [am] like a green olive tree in the house of God;{HR}I trust in the mercy of God for ever and ever. (Psa. 52:8)

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Psa. 84:12• ¹²O Jehovah of hosts,{HR}Blessed the man that trusteth in thee. (Psa. 84:12)

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Psa. 118:8• ⁸[It is] better to confide in Jehovah{HR}Than to trust in [the] man. (Psa. 118:8)

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Isa. 12:2• ²Behold, God [is] my salvation:{HR}I will trust and not be afraid;{HR}For Jah Jehovah [is] my strength and song;{HR}And he is become my salvation. (Isa. 12:2)

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

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

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Dan. 3:28• ²⁸Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants who trusted in him, and who 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• ⁷Jehovah 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 upon God; let him save him now if he will [have] him. For he said, I am Son of God. (Matt. 27:43)

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Rom. 15:12‑13• ¹²And again Esaias saith, “There shall be the root of Jesse, and he that standeth up to rule Gentiles: on him shall Gentiles hope.”
¹³Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope by the power of [the] Holy Spirit. (Rom. 15:12‑13)

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1 Peter 1:21• ²¹that through him believe on God that raised him out of [the] dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God, (1 Peter 1:21)

the living.

1 Tim. 3:15• ¹⁵but if I should tarry, that thou mayest know how one ought to behave in God's house, seeing it is a living God's assembly, pillar and groundwork of the truth. (1 Tim. 3:15)

the saviour.

1 Tim. 2:4,6• ⁴who desireth that all men should be saved and come unto full knowledge of truth.
⁶who gave himself a ransom for all, the testimony in its own times, (1 Tim. 2:4,6)

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Psa. 36:6• ⁶Thy righteousness is like [the] mountains of God,{HR}Thy judgments [are] a great deep;{HR}Thou savest man and beast, O Jehovah. (Psa. 36:6)

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Psa. 107:2,6‑43• ²Let the redeemed of Jehovah say [so],{HR}Whom he redeemed from the oppressor's hand;
⁶And they cried unto Jehovah in their distress:{HR}Out of their strait he delivereth them.
⁷And he led them by the right way{HR}To go to a city of habitation.
⁸O that [they] might give thanks to Jehovah{HR}[For] his mercy and his wonders to the sons of men!
⁹For he satisfied the craving soul,{HR}And filled with good the hungry soul.
¹⁰Dwellers in darkness and death-shade,{HR}Bound in affliction and iron,
¹¹Because they resisted the words of God ,{HR}And despised the counsel of the Most High,
¹²Therefore (and) he bowed down their heart with labour;{HR}They stumbled, and [there was] no helper.
¹³And they cried unto Jehovah in their distress:{HR}Out of their straits he saveth them;
¹⁴He bringeth them out of darkness and death-shade,{HR}And their bonds he rendeth.
¹⁵O that [they] might give thanks to Jehovah{HR}[For] his mercy and his wonders to the sons of men!
¹⁶For he broke the gates of brass{HR}And cut off the bars of iron.
¹⁷Fools, by [the] way of their transgression,{HR}And by their iniquities, are afflicted,
¹⁸All food their soul abhorreth;{HR}And they draw near to the gates of death.
¹⁹And they cried unto Jehovah in their distress:{HR}Out of their straits he saveth them.
²⁰He sendeth his word,{HR}And delivereth them from their destructions (pits).
²¹O that [they] might give thanks unto Jehovah{HR}[For] his mercy and his wonders to the sons of men!
²²And let them sacrifice sacrifices of praise{HR}And declare his works with singing.
²³They that go down to the sea in the ships,{HR}That do business in great waters,
²⁴These saw Jehovah's works{HR}And his wonders in the deep.
²⁵And he said,{HR}And there arose a tempestuous wind,{HR}Which lifted up its billows.
²⁶They rise [to] the heavens,{HR}They sink [to] the depths;{HR}Their soul melteth with evil,
²⁷They reel and stagger like the drunkard,{HR}And all their wisdom is confounded.
²⁸And they cried unto Jehovah in their distress,{HR}And out of their straits he bringeth them.
²⁹He stilleth the tempest,{HR}And their billows are silent.
³⁰And they are glad because they be quiet;{HR}And he guideth them to the haven of their desire.
³¹O that [they] might give thanks unto Jehovah{HR}[For] his mercy and his wonders to the sons of men!
³²And let them exalt him in the congregation of the people,{HR}And praise him in the session of the elders.
³³He turneth rivers to a wilderness,{HR}And water-springs to a thirsty ground,
³⁴A fruitful land to saltness{HR}For the wickedness of those dwelling in it.
³⁵He turneth a wilderness to a pool of water{HR}And a dry land to water-springs.
³⁶And he settleth there hungry [men],{HR}And they establish a city of habitation,
³⁷And sow fields, and plant vineyards,{HR}And gain fruits of increase.
³⁸And he blesseth them,{HR}And multiplieth greatly{HR}And their cattle he doth not diminish.
³⁹And they were diminished and brought low{HR}From oppression, evil, and sorrow.
⁴⁰He poureth contempt upon princes,{HR}And made them wander in a waste without a way.
⁴¹And he set high the needy one from affliction{HR}And made families like the sheep.
⁴²The upright shall see and rejoice;{HR}And all iniquity shall stop its mouth.
⁴³Whoso [is] wise and observeth these things,{HR}Even they shall understand the mercies of Jehovah. (Psa. 107:2,6‑43)

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Isa. 45:21‑22• ²¹Declare, and bring [them] near; yea, let them take counsel together. Who hath declared this from ancient time? [who] hath told it long ago? [Have] not I Jehovah? and there is no God else besides me; a just God and a Saviour, there is none besides 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• ²⁹On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God that taketh away the sin of the world! (John 1:29)

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John 3:15‑17• ¹⁵that every one that believeth on him should [not perish, but] have life eternal.
¹⁶For God so loved the world that he gave his only-begotten Son, that every one that believeth on him should not perish but have life eternal.
¹⁷For God sent not his Son into the world that he should judge the world, but that the world might be saved through him. (John 3:15‑17)

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

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1 John 4:14• ¹⁴And we have beheld, and testify that the Father hath sent his Son as Saviour of the world. (1 John 4:14)

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John 5:24• ²⁴Verily, verily, I say to you, He that heareth my word and believeth him that sent me hath life eternal, and cometh not into judgment, but is passed out of death into 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 hath not believed in the witness which God hath witnessed concerning his Son.
¹¹And this is the witness that God gave to us life eternal, and this life is in his Son.
¹²He that hath the Son hath life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
¹³These things I wrote to you that ye may know that ye that believe on the name of the Son of God have life eternal. (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 Savior, 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].

WK Translation Notes

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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."