12. and labour, working with our own hands. Railed at, we bless; persecuted, we suffer it;
13. insulted, we entreat: we are become as the offscouring of the world, the refuse of all, until now.
14. Not as chiding do I write these things to you, but as my beloved children I admonish you.
15. For if ye should have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the glad tidings.
16. I entreat you therefore, be my imitators.