1 Corinthians 4:9

Tree of Life Version

For it seems to me that God has put us, the emissaries, on display last of all—like men sentenced to death. For we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to people.

Cross References

Psalm 44:22

would God not have discovered it? For He knows the secrets of the heart.

Psalm 71:7

I am like an ominous sign to many, but You are my strong refuge.

Jeremiah 20:18

Why did I ever come forth out of the womb to see trouble and sorrow, and my days end in shame?

Acts 19:29

The city was filled with confusion. They rushed into the theater, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians who were travel companions of Paul.

Acts 19:31

Some of the chiefs of Asia, being his friends, sent to him and begged him not to surrender himself in the theater.

Romans 8:36

As it is written, “For Your sake we are being put to death all day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.”

1 Corinthians 15:19

If we have hoped in Messiah in this life alone, we are to be pitied more than all people.

2 Corinthians 11:23

Are they servants of Messiah? I am more so—I speak like I’m out of my mind—in labors much more, in prisons much more, in beatings more brutal, near death often.

2 Corinthians 6:9

as unknown and yet well-known; as dying, yet behold, we live; as disciplined yet not put to death;

1 Thessalonians 3:3

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

Hebrews 1:14

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out for service to those about to inherit salvation?

Hebrews 10:33

Sometimes you were publicly exposed to abuses and afflictions, and other times you became partners with those who were treated this way.

Hebrews 11:36

Others experienced the trial of mocking and scourging—yes, and even chains and prison.