Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
As sheep
General references
Bible References
For thy
John 16:2
You will be excluded from the synagogues; nay more, the time is coming when any one who has murdered one of you will suppose he is offering service to God.
1 Corinthians 15:30
Why also do we Apostles expose ourselves to danger every hour?
2 Corinthians 4:11
For we, alive though we are, are continually surrendering ourselves to death for the sake of Jesus, so that in this mortal nature of ours it may also be clearly shown that Jesus lives.
As sheep
Acts 8:32
The passage of Scripture which he was reading was this: "Like a sheep He was led to slaughter, and just as a lamb before its shearer is dumb so He opened not His mouth.
General references
1 Corinthians 15:30
Why also do we Apostles expose ourselves to danger every hour?