For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men.
Sometimes you were publicly exposed to ridicule and persecution; at other times you were partners with those who were so
As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him,
Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
And when the Lamb opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God
We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a bur
For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
And why do we endanger ourselves every hour?
And all the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. And they fell facedown b
Soon the whole city was in disarray. They rushed together into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Pa
Even some of Paul’s friends who were officials of the province of Asia sent word to him, begging him not to venture into
I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at t
so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this.
Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
unknown, yet well-known; dying, and yet we live on; punished, yet not killed;