16.Under what conditions were the Apostles living? .

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They were hungry, thirsty, poorly clothed, beaten, homeless. They worked hard with their own hands. When men abused and cursed them they blessed in return. When they were persecuted they endured it. When they were spoken evil of they attempted to make peace.

The Apostles allowed themselves to be made the garbage of the world—that which is scraped off as worthless and unclean.