1 Corinthians 4:9

New English Translation

For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as men condemned to die, because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to people.

Cross References

Psalm 44:22

Yet because of you we are killed all day long; we are treated like sheep at the slaughtering block.

Psalm 71:7

Many are appalled when they see me, but you are my secure shelter.

Jeremiah 20:18

Why did I ever come forth from my mother’s womb? All I experience is trouble and grief, and I spend my days in shame.

Acts 19:29

The city was filled with the uproar, and the crowd rushed to the theater together, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, the Macedonians who were Paul’s traveling companions.

Acts 19:31

Even some of the provincial authorities who were his friends sent a message to him, urging him not to venture into the theater.

Romans 8:36

As it is written, “For your sake we encounter death all day long; we were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”

1 Corinthians 15:19

For if only in this life we have hope in Christ, we should be pitied more than anyone.

2 Corinthians 11:23

Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking like I am out of my mind!) I am even more so: with much greater labors, with far more imprisonments, with more severe beatings, facing death many times.

2 Corinthians 6:9

as unknown, and yet well-known; as dying and yet – see! – we continue to live; as those who are scourged and yet not executed;

1 Thessalonians 3:3

so that no one would be shaken by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this.

Hebrews 1:14

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to serve those who will inherit salvation?

Hebrews 10:33

At times you were publicly exposed to abuse and afflictions, and at other times you came to share with others who were treated in that way.

Hebrews 11:36

And others experienced mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.