When we are insulted. Paul always returned good for bad, as Jesus said to do (Matthew 5:44; compare Romans 12:17-21). Garbage. scum. Paul is still using the symbolism of "men condemned to die in public" (1 Corinthians 4:9). It was the custom in Athens to offer a human sacrifice in times of crisis, Certain "worthless persons" were seized and thrown into the sea, in the belief that this would remove the guilt which caused the "gods" to curse the nation. Paul is saying that the world sees the apostles as men only fit to be sacrificed to the anger of the "gods."

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