2 Corinthians 1:8
For we do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, about the suffering we experienced in Asia. We were so crushed beyond our ability to endure that we even despaired of living.
1 Corinthians 15:32
If I have fought with wild animals in Ephesus from merely human motives, what do I get out of it? If the dead are not raised, "Let's eat and drink, for tomorrow we die."
1 Samuel 20:3
David again took an oath: "Your father certainly knows that I've found favor with you, and so he told himself, "Jonathan must not know this so he won't be upset.' But as certainly as the LORD is alive and living, and as certainly as I'm alive and living, too, there is only a step between me and death."
1 Samuel 27:1
David told himself, "One of these days I'll perish by Saul's hand. There is nothing better for me to do than to escape to Philistine territory. Saul will give up searching for me anymore within the borders of Israel, so I'll escape from him."
Acts 19:23-35
Now about that time a great commotion broke out concerning the Way.
1 Corinthians 4:8
You already have all you want! You have already become rich! You have become kings without us! I wish you really were kings so that we could be kings with you!
1 Corinthians 16:9
because a door has opened wide for me to do effective work, although many people are opposing me.
2 Corinthians 4:7-12
But we have this treasure in clay jars to show that its extraordinary power comes from God and not from us.