And why are we also in danger every hour?

If, in the manner of men, I fought with beasts at Ephesus, what is the benefit to me? If the dead are not raised, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!"

For we do not desire you to be ignorant, brothers, concerning our affliction which happened to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond measure, beyond our strength, so that we despaired even of life.

who delivered us from so great a death, and is delivering [us]; in whom we trust that He will still deliver [us],

in everything being oppressed, yet not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;

always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, so that also the life of Jesus may be revealed in our body.

So then death is working in us, but life in you.

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

For to you it has been granted for the sake of Christ, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake,

having the same struggle which you saw in me and now you hear is in me.

that no one should be disturbed by these afflictions; for you yourselves know that we are appointed unto this.

For Your sake we are killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for slaughter.

Just as it is written: "For Your sake we are put to death the whole day long; we are accounted as sheep for slaughter."

For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to [the] obtaining of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

who died for us, in order that whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.

And when He opened the fifth seal, I saw underneath the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held.

Then a long white robe was given to them, and it was said to them that they should rest yet a while, until also their fellow servants and their brothers, who were about to be killed as also they [were], should complete [their course].

in part being exposed publicly, both to reproaches and to afflictions, and in part having become partners of those treated in this way.

Still others took a trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and of prison.

And the whole city was filled with confusion, and they rushed with one purpose into the theater, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, traveling companions of Paul.

And also some of the officials of Asia, being friends with him, sent word to him and urged him not to present himself in the theater.

Are they not all ministering spirits being sent out to minister for the sake of those who are about to inherit salvation?

And all the angels stood around the throne, and the elders and the four living beings, and they fell down on their faces before His throne and they worshipped God,

Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, "Who are these arrayed in long white robes, and where did they come from?"

I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus. And when I saw her, I marveled with great amazement.

But the angel said to me, "Why did you marvel? I will tell you the mystery of the woman and of the Beast carrying her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.