13 when we are slandered, we answer kindly. We have become the scum of the earth, the garbage of the world—right up to this moment.

13 when slandered, we entreat. We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, the refuse of all things.

13 We appeal gently when evil things are said about us. Yet we are treated like the world’s garbage, like everybody’s trash—right up to the present moment.

13 being defamed, we entreat. We have been made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until now.

13 When they tell evil lies about us, we speak nice words about them. Even today, we are treated as though we were the garbage of the world—the filth of the earth.

13 being defamed, we entreat: we are made as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things, even until now.

13 insulted, we entreat: we are become as the offscouring of the world, the refuse of all, until now.

13 When our reputations are attacked, we remain courteous. Right now we have become garbage in the eyes of the world and trash in the sight of all people. 

13 when we are slandered, we respond graciously. Even now, we are like the world’s garbage, like the dirt everyone scrapes off their sandals.

13 when slandered, we speak kindly. We have become like the rubbish of the world, the dregs of all things, to this very day.

13 when we are slandered, we encourage. We have become like the refuse of the world, the offscouring of all things, until now.

13 When others say bad things about us, we answer kindly. Up to this moment we have become the world’s garbage. We are everybody’s trash.

13 when we are slandered, we try to conciliate; we have become as the scum of the world, the dregs of all things, even until now.