But for Your sake we are killed all day long; Reckoned as sheep for the slaughter.
1 Corinthians 4:9 - The Scriptures 2009 For I think that Elohim has exhibited us, the emissaries, last, as appointed to death, because we became a spectacle to the world, both to messengers and to men. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For it seems to me that God has made an exhibit of us apostles, exposing us to view last [of all, like men in a triumphal procession who are] sentenced to death [and displayed at the end of the line]. For we have become a spectacle to the world [a show in the world's amphitheater] with both men and angels [as spectators]. American Standard Version (1901) For, I think, God hath set forth us the apostles last of all, as men doomed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, both to angels and men. Common English Bible I suppose that God has shown that we apostles are at the end of the line. We are like prisoners sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle in the world, both to angels and to humans. Catholic Public Domain Version For I think that God has presented us as the last Apostles, as those destined for death. For we have been made into a spectacle for the world, and for Angels, and for men. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For I think that God hath set forth us apostles, the last, as it were men appointed to death: we are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men. |
But for Your sake we are killed all day long; Reckoned as sheep for the slaughter.
Why did I come forth from the womb to see toil and sorrow, and spend my days in shame?
And the entire city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one mind into the theatre, having seized Gaios and Aristarchos, Makedonians, Sha’ul’s fellow travellers.
And some of the officials of Asia, being his friends, sent to him begging him not to risk himself into the theatre.
As it has been written, “For Your sake we are killed all day long, we are reckoned as sheep of slaughter.”
If in this life only we have expectation in Messiah, we are of all men the most wretched.
Are they servants of Messiah? – I speak as beside myself – I am more, in labours much more, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths many times.
as unknown, and yet well-known; as dying, and see, we live; as disciplined, and yet not killed;
that no one should be unsettled by these pressures, for you yourselves know that we are appointed to this.
Are they not all serving spirits sent out to attend those who are about to inherit deliverance?
On the one hand you were exposed to reproaches and pressures, and on the other hand you became sharers with those who were so treated,
And others had trial of mockings and floggings and more, of chains and imprisonment.