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

Spectacle

Acts 19:29

To angels, and to men

Hebrews 1:14

Revelation 7:11

Revelation 17:6

General references

Lamentations 3:14

Bible References

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why also do we stand in peril every hour?

For we do not wish you to be ignorant, brethren, of our tribulation that happened to us in Asia, that we were exceedingly burdened above our power, so that we despaired even of life;

on every side being in tribulation, but not straitened; perplexed, but not in despair;

as unknown, and recognized; as dying, and lo, we live; as chastened, and not put to death;

because to you it was granted, on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also on behalf of him to suffer;

that no one be moved in these tribulations, for yourselves have known that for this we are set,

Us the apostles last, as

Surely, for Thy sake we have been slain all the day, Reckoned as sheep of the slaughter.

(according as it hath been written -- 'For Thy sake we are put to death all the day long, we were reckoned as sheep of slaughter,')

because God did not appoint us to anger, but to the acquiring of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

And when he opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those slain because of the word of God, and because of the testimony that they held,

Spectacle

and the whole city was filled with confusion, they rushed also with one accord into the theatre, having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, Paul's fellow-travellers.

To angels, and to men

are they not all spirits of service -- for ministration being sent forth because of those about to inherit salvation?

And all the messengers stood around the throne, and the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell upon their face, and bowed before God,

And I saw the woman drunken from the blood of the saints, and from the blood of the witnesses of Jesus, and I did wonder -- having seen her -- with great wonder;

General references

I have been a derision to all my people, Their song all the day.