Perikatharma; 1st Corinthians 4:13 "Being defamed, we intreat: we are made as the filth of the world, and are as the offscouring of all things unto this day." Strongs#4027, from the compounding of #4012, and #2508 filth: refuse in Greek. Christians are considered the perikatharma of society. In ancient Greek culture, the word was sometimes used to refer to a pharmakos- A person of low status sacrificed or cast out to "cleanse" a city of "bad luck" or Divine wrath. Symbolic to the scraping or offscourings/ "scum of the earth"; Perikatharmata. This is the lowly, humble position of the Christian Paul The Apostle describes using the term Perikatharma in his original writing.