11. unto the present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and wander about,
12. and labour, working with [our] own hands; being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer;
13. being spoken evil of, we entreat; as filth of the world we did become--of all things an offscouring--till now.
14. Not [as] putting you to shame do I write these things, but as my beloved children I do admonish,
15. for if a myriad of child-conductors ye may have in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus, through the good news, I--I did beget you;
16. I call upon you, therefore, become ye followers of me;