1 Corinthians 4:11

Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place;

'this present hour' -'For them life is becoming no easier as time goes on...we have little to imagine that the hour of triumph and coronation has come' (Erdman p. 59) 'Up to the present moment' (Nor)

'naked' -'ill-clad' (Mof); 'poorly dressed' (Beck) (2 Corinthians 11:27)

'buffeted' -'knocked about' (Mof); 'beaten' (Beck)

'no certain dwelling-place' -'to be unsettled, with no fixed home.' (Gr. Ex. N.T. p. 802) 'Without homes of our own' (Tay).

'The apostles, unlike most people, were unable to find. place in which they would like to live and there settle to live out their days.' (Willis p. 145)