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1Co 4:10. Μωροὶ, fools) 1Co 1:21.-διὰ Χριστὸν-ἐν Χριστῳ, for Christ’s sake-in Christ) These words must be repeated in the two following clauses. Without any violation of the truth, different things may be predicated of one subject; or of different subjects, who are regarded as standing on the same footing; for example, of Paul and the Corinthians; according to the different point of view in which they are regarded, and which the words, for the sake of, and, in, here express; for the sake of is applied to slaves; in, to partners.-ἔνδοξοι) men in the highest estimation; but ἄτιμοι, applies to persons, who are deprived of even ordinary esteem.-ἡμεῖς δὲ, but we) Here the first person takes the second place, and so it goes on in the following verse.