I.

1 Corinthians 15:30-32
And why do we endanger ourselves every hour? . . .

2 Corinthians 1:8-10
We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. . . .

2 Corinthians 4:8-12
We are pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; . . .

2 Corinthians 6:9
as unknown, yet well-known; dying, and yet we live on; punished, yet not killed;

Philippians 1:29, 30
For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him, . . .

1 Thessalonians 3:3
so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this.

us the apostles last, as.

Psalm 44:22
Yet for your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.

Romans 8:36
As it is written: "For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered."

1 Thessalonians 5:9, 10
For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. . . .

Revelation 6:9-11
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 and for the testimony they had upheld. . . .

we are.

Hebrews 10:33
Sometimes you were publicly exposed to ridicule and persecution; at other times you were partners with those who were so treated.

Hebrews 11:36
Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

spectacle.

Acts 19:29, 31
Soon the whole city was in disarray. They rushed together into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul's traveling companions from Macedonia. . . .

to angels, and to men.

Hebrews 1:14
Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?

Revelation 7:11-14
And all the angels stood around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures. And they fell facedown before the throne and worshiped God, . . .

Revelation 17:6, 7
I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and of the witnesses for Jesus. And I was greatly astonished at the sight of her. . . .