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1 Corinthians 4:9

WEB

9For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last of all, like men sentenced to death. For we are made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.

KJV

9For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.

BSB

9For 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.

FBV

9The way I see it, God has put us apostles on display as the last in the line, condemned to die. We have been made a public show before the entire universe, to angels and to human beings.

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Extra References

Hebrews 10:33

33partly, being exposed to both reproaches and oppressions, and partly, becoming partakers with those who were treated so.

2 Corinthians 4:8-12

8We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair; 9pursued, yet not forsaken; struck down, yet not destroyed; 10always carrying in the body the putting to death of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body. 11For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life also of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh. 12So then death works in us, but life in you.

Romans 8:36

36Even as it is written, “For your sake we are killed all day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.”

Philippians 1:29-30

29Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf, 30having the same conflict which you saw in me and now hear is in me.

Hebrews 1:14

14Aren’t they all serving spirits, sent out to do service for the sake of those who will inherit salvation?

Revelation 6:9-11

9When he opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who had been killed for the Word of God, and for the testimony of the Lamb which they had. 10They cried with a loud voice, saying, “How long, Master, the holy and true, until you judge and avenge our blood on those who dwell on the earth?” 11A long white robe was given to each of them. They were told that they should rest yet for a while, until their fellow servants and their brothers,[+] who would also be killed even as they were, should complete their course.

2 Corinthians 1:8-10

8For we don’t desire to have you uninformed, brothers,[+] concerning our affliction which happened to us in Asia: that we were weighed down exceedingly, beyond our power, so much that we despaired even of life. 9Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead, 10who delivered us out of so great a death, and does deliver, on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us,

Acts 19:31

31Certain also of the Asiarchs, being his friends, sent to him and begged him not to venture into the theater.

Psalms 44:22

22Yes, for your sake we are killed all day long. We are regarded as sheep for the slaughter.

1 Thessalonians 3:3

3that no one would be moved by these afflictions. For you know that we are appointed to this task.