## When we are reviled, we bless ##

"When people revile us, we bless them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

## revile ##

AT: "scorn."  Possibly: "abuse", or "curse" (UDB)

## When we are persecuted ##

"When people persecute us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

## When we are slandered ##

"When people unfairly slander us"

## We had become, and are still considered to be, the refuse of the world  ##

<b>We had become, and are still considered to be, the refuse of the world <b>- "We became, and people still consider us to be, the refuse of the world."