1 Corinthians 4:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For 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.

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Us the apostles last, as

Romans 8:36

1 Thessalonians 5:9

Revelation 6:9

Spectacle

Acts 19:29

To angels, and to men

Hebrews 1:14

Revelation 7:11

Revelation 17:6

Bible References

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Why do we ourselves run such risks every hour?

For I do not want you, brothers, to misunderstand the distress that I experienced in Asia, for I was so utterly and unendurably crushed, that I actually despaired of life itself.

I am hard pressed on every side, but never cut off: perplexed, but not driven to despair;

obscure, when I am well known, at the point of death, yet here I am alive, punished, but not dead yet,

For you have been granted the privilege not only of trusting in Christ but of suffering for him.

and encourage you not to be led astray, any of you, in all these troubles. You know yourselves that this is what we must expect,

Us the apostles last, as

As the Scripture says, "For your sake we are being put to death all day long, We are treated like sheep to be slaughtered."

For God has not destined us for his wrath, but to gain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

When he broke the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of those who have been slaughtered on account of God's message and for adhering to the testimony.

Spectacle

So the commotion spread all over the city, and by a common impulse the people rushed to the theater, dragging with them two Macedonians, Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul's traveling companions.

To angels, and to men

Are not the angels all spirits in service, whom he sends on his errands for the good of those who are destined to possess salvation?

Then all the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four animals, and fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,

I saw that the woman was drunk with the blood of God's people, and the blood of the witnesses of Jesus. When I saw her I was perfectly amazed,