And why do we stand in jeopardy every hour?

If, in the manner of men, I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage [is it] to me? If [the] dead do not rise, "Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die!"

For we do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, of our trouble which came to us in Asia: that we were burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life.

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

[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.

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

as unknown, and [yet] well known; as dying, and behold we live; as chastened, and [yet] not killed;

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

having the same conflict which you saw in me and now hear [is] in me.

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

Yet for Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.

As it is written: "For Your sake we are killed all day long; We are accounted as sheep for the slaughter."

For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ,

who died for us, that whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him.

When He opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of those who had been slain for the word of God and for the testimony which they held.

Then a white robe was given to each of them; and it was said to them that they should rest a little while longer, until both [the number of] their fellow servants and their brethren, who would be killed as they [were,] was completed.

partly while you were made a spectacle both by reproaches and tribulations, and partly while you became companions of those who were so treated;

Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment.

So the whole city was filled with confusion, and rushed into the theater with one accord, having seized Gaius and Aristarchus, Macedonians, Paul's travel companions.

Then some of the officials of Asia, who were his friends, sent to him pleading that he would not venture into the theater.

Are they not all ministering spirits sent forth to minister for those who will inherit salvation?

All the angels stood around the throne and the elders and the four living creatures, and fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God,

Then one of the elders answered, saying to me, "Who are these arrayed in 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 that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.