To the present hour we hunger and thirst; we are poorly clothed and beaten down, with no home of our own.
Jesus said to him, “Foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay his head.”
Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium and persuaded the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.
After inflicting many blows upon them, they threw them into prison, ordering the jailer to keep them under close guard.
At this the high priest Ananias commanded those who were standing beside Paul to strike him on the mouth.
Who can separate us from the love of Christ? Can tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or danger, or sword?
Do we not have a right to eat and to drink?
You bear with it if anyone enslaves you, devours you, takes advantage of you, exalts himself, or hits you in the face.
We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
I know how to be brought low, and I know how to abound. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether having plenty or being in need.
Yoʋ know how much persecution and suffering I endured in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. Yet the Lord rescued me from it all.