For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last, as men condemned to death; for we became spectacles to all creation, both to angels and to men.

To the present hour we both hunger and thirst, and we are poorly clothed, and beaten, and wander homeless.

being defamed, we entreat. We have become as the filth of the world, the offscouring of all things until now.

We are hard pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;

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

Giving no cause of stumbling in anything, that our ministry may not be blamed.

in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in sleeplessness, in fastings,

in the Word of Truth, in the power of God, through the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,

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

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I excel them: in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often.

Three times I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned; three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been in the deep;

in hardship and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness;

for which I suffer trouble as an evildoer, even to the point of bonds; but the Word of God is not bound.

Therefore I endure all things for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

But you have carefully followed my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, perseverance,

Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.

esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures in Egypt; for he looked to the recompense.

Therefore let us go forth to Him, outside the camp, bearing His reproach.

If you are reproached for the name of Christ, you are blessed, for the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. According to them He is blasphemed, but according to you He is glorified.

But let none of you suffer as a murderer, a thief, an evildoer, or as a meddler in other people's matters.

Command those who are rich in this present age not to be high-minded, nor to trust in the uncertainty of riches but in the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.

And Jehovah will help them and deliver them; He will deliver them from the wicked and save them, because they have trusted in Him.

But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God; I trust in the mercy of God forever and ever.

O Jehovah of Hosts, blessed is the man who trusts in You!

It is better to trust in Jehovah than to put confidence in man.

Behold, the Mighty God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid; for YAH JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; He also has become my salvation.

Who among you fears Jehovah? Who obeys the voice of His Servant? Who walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of Jehovah and rest on his God.

Blessed is the man who trusts in Jehovah, and Jehovah is his refuge.

Nebuchadnezzar spoke and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His Angel and has delivered His servants who trusted in Him, and have changed the king's words, and have given their bodies that they might not serve nor prostrate themselves before any god except their own God.

Jehovah is good, a stronghold in the day of trouble; and He knows those who trust in Him.

He trusted in God; let Him deliver Him now if He will have Him; for He said, I am the Son of God.

And again, Isaiah says: There shall be a root of Jesse; and He who shall rise to reign over the Gentiles, in Him the Gentiles shall hope.

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

who through Him believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope might be in God.

but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.

who desires all men to be saved and to come to a full true knowledge of the truth.

who gave Himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time,

Your righteousness is like the great mountains; Your judgments are a great deep; O Jehovah, You deliver man and beast.

Let the redeemed of Jehovah say so, whom He has redeemed from the hand of the enemy,

Then they cried out unto Jehovah in their adversity, and He rescued them out of their distresses.

Oh, that men would give thanks unto Jehovah for His goodness, and for His wonderful works to the sons of men!

Those who sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and irons;

therefore He humbled their heart with labor; they fell down, and there was no one to help.

He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and broke and tore their bonds apart.

For He has broken the gates of bronze, and cut the bars of iron in two.

Their soul abhors all kinds of food, and they draw near to the gates of death.

He sent His Word and healed them, and delivered them from the pit.

Let them sacrifice the sacrifices of thanksgiving, and declare His works with rejoicing.

they see the works of Jehovah, and His wonders in the deep.

They mount up to the heavens, they go down again to the depths; their soul melts because it is bad.

Then they cry out unto Jehovah in their adversity, and He brings them out of their distresses.

Then they are glad because they are quiet; so He guides them to their desired haven.

Let them exalt Him also in the assembly of the people, and praise Him in the company of the elders.

a fruitful land into barrenness, because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it.

There He makes the hungry dwell, that they may establish a city for a dwelling place,

He also blesses them, and they multiply greatly; and He does not let their cattle decrease.

He pours contempt upon nobles, and causes them to wander in the wilderness where there is no path;

The upright see it and rejoice, and all iniquity stops its mouth.

Declare and approach; yea, let them take counsel together. Who has declared this from antiquity? Who has told it since then? Is it not I, Jehovah. And there is no other God besides Me; a just Mighty God and a Savior; there is no one besides Me.

Turn to Me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am the Mighty God, and there is no other.

The next day John sees Jesus coming toward him, and says, Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

that everyone believing into Him should not perish but have eternal life.

For God did not send His Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.

And He Himself is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the whole world.

And we have seen and bear witness that the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world.

Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My Word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed from death unto life.

He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; he who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed the testimony that God has given concerning His Son.

He who has the Son has life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have life.