1 Corinthians 4:9 It seems to me that God has put us who bear his Message on stage in a theater in which no one wants to buy a ticket. We’re something everyone stands around a...

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The Message - It seems to me that God has put us who bear his Message on stage in a theater in which no one wants to buy a ticket. We’re something everyone stands around and stares at, like an accident in the street. We’re the Messiah’s misfits. You might be sure of yourselves, but we live in the midst of frailties and uncertainties. You might be well-thought-of by others, but we’re mostly kicked around. Much of the time we don’t have enough to eat, we wear patched and threadbare clothes, we get doors slammed in our faces, and we pick up odd jobs anywhere we can to eke out a living. When they call us names, we say, “God bless you.” When they spread rumors about us, we put in a good word for them. We’re treated like garbage, the leftovers that nobody wants. And it’s not getting any better.
新标点和合本 - 我想　神把我们使徒明明列在末后，好像定死罪的囚犯；因为我们成了一台戏，给世人和天使观看。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 我想，上帝把我们作使徒的明显地列在末后，好像定死罪的囚犯，因为我们成了一台戏，给世界、天使和众人观看。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 我想，　神把我们作使徒的明显地列在末后，好像定死罪的囚犯，因为我们成了一台戏，给世界、天使和众人观看。
当代译本 - 我想，上帝把我们使徒排在队伍的末尾，好像被判死罪的囚犯，让我们成了一台戏，给宇宙观看，给天使和世人观看。
圣经新译本 - 我想　神是把我们作使徒的列在最后，好像定了死刑的人，因为我们成了一台戏给宇宙观看，就是给天使和世人观看！
中文标准译本 - 其实我在想，神把我们做使徒的列在最后，好像被定死罪的人；原来我们成了给宇宙、天使、世人的一台戏。
现代标点和合本 - 我想神把我们使徒明明列在末后，好像定死罪的囚犯；因为我们成了一台戏，给世人和天使观看。
和合本（拼音版） - 我想上帝把我们使徒明明列在末后，好像定死罪的囚犯；因为我们成了一台戏，给世人和天使观看。
New International Version - For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, like those condemned to die in the arena. We have been made a spectacle to the whole universe, to angels as well as to human beings.
New International Reader's Version - It seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of a parade. We are like people sentenced to die in front of a crowd. We have been made a show for the whole creation to see. Angels and people are staring at us.
English Standard Version - For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men.
New Living Translation - Instead, I sometimes think God has put us apostles on display, like prisoners of war at the end of a victor’s parade, condemned to die. We have become a spectacle to the entire world—to people and angels alike.
Christian Standard Bible - For I think God has displayed us, the apostles, in last place, like men condemned to die: We have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to people.
New American Standard Bible - For I think, God has exhibited us, the apostles, last of all as men condemned to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to mankind.
New King James Version - For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last, as men condemned to death; for we have been made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.
Amplified Bible - For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles at the end of the line, like men sentenced to death [and paraded as prisoners in a procession], because we have become a spectacle to the world [a show in the world’s amphitheater], both to angels and to men.
American Standard Version - For, I think, God hath set forth us the apostles last of all, as men doomed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, both to angels and men.
King James Version - For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
New English Translation - For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as men condemned to die, because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to people.
World English Bible - For, I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last of all, like men sentenced to death. For we are made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.
新標點和合本 - 我想神把我們使徒明明列在末後，好像定死罪的囚犯；因為我們成了一臺戲，給世人和天使觀看。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 我想，上帝把我們作使徒的明顯地列在末後，好像定死罪的囚犯，因為我們成了一臺戲，給世界、天使和眾人觀看。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 我想，　神把我們作使徒的明顯地列在末後，好像定死罪的囚犯，因為我們成了一臺戲，給世界、天使和眾人觀看。
當代譯本 - 我想，上帝把我們使徒排在隊伍的末尾，好像被判死罪的囚犯，讓我們成了一台戲，給宇宙觀看，給天使和世人觀看。
聖經新譯本 - 我想　神是把我們作使徒的列在最後，好像定了死刑的人，因為我們成了一臺戲給宇宙觀看，就是給天使和世人觀看！
呂振中譯本 - 我以為上帝是把我們做使徒的顯然列為最卑賤的廢物，好像定死罪的人：我們竟成了一齣戲給宇宙看，給天使給人類看呢！
中文標準譯本 - 其實我在想，神把我們做使徒的列在最後，好像被定死罪的人；原來我們成了給宇宙、天使、世人的一臺戲。
現代標點和合本 - 我想神把我們使徒明明列在末後，好像定死罪的囚犯；因為我們成了一臺戲，給世人和天使觀看。
文理和合譯本 - 我思上帝、置我儕使徒於末、如擬死者然、作劇於世、為天使與人所觀、
文理委辦譯本 - 我思上帝、使我儕使徒、立於末局、如擬死之囚、為世人天使視若優伶、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我思天主、使我儕使徒、身居微末、如擬死之囚、如場上戲劇、為世界與天使及眾人所觀、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 蓋天主已使我輩為其宗徒者、似成為最卑賤之人、一若擬死之囚、又似優伶演劇於世、以博人神之一笑者。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Por lo que veo, a nosotros los apóstoles Dios nos ha hecho desfilar en el último lugar, como a los sentenciados a muerte. Hemos llegado a ser un espectáculo para todo el universo, tanto para los ángeles como para los hombres.
현대인의 성경 - 내가 생각하기에는 하나님이 우리 사도들을 사형장의 죄수들처럼 제일 천한 자리에 세우셔서 우리가 온 세상 사람들과 천사들에게 구경거리가 되었습니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Потому что мне кажется, что Бог выставил нас, апостолов, как последних из людей, как осужденных на смертную казнь, на всеобщее обозрение. Мы стали зрелищем для мира, для ангелов и для людей.
Восточный перевод - Потому что мне кажется, что Всевышний выставил нас, посланников Масиха, как последних из людей, как осуждённых на смертную казнь, на всеобщее обозрение. Мы стали зрелищем для мира, для ангелов и для людей.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Потому что мне кажется, что Аллах выставил нас, посланников аль-Масиха, как последних из людей, как осуждённых на смертную казнь, на всеобщее обозрение. Мы стали зрелищем для мира, для ангелов и для людей.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Потому что мне кажется, что Всевышний выставил нас, посланников Масеха, как последних из людей, как осуждённых на смертную казнь, на всеобщее обозрение. Мы стали зрелищем для мира, для ангелов и для людей.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Mais il me semble plutôt que Dieu nous a assigné, à nous autres apôtres, la dernière place, comme à des condamnés à mort car, comme eux, il nous a livrés en spectacle au monde entier : aux anges et aux hommes .
リビングバイブル - こんなイメージが浮かびます。神様は私たち使徒を、死罪の判決が下された捕虜のように凱旋行列の最後に引き出し、人々や天使の前で見せ物にされたのだ、と。
Nestle Aland 28 - δοκῶ γάρ, ὁ θεὸς ἡμᾶς τοὺς ἀποστόλους ἐσχάτους ἀπέδειξεν ὡς ἐπιθανατίους, ὅτι θέατρον ἐγενήθημεν τῷ κόσμῳ καὶ ἀγγέλοις καὶ ἀνθρώποις.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - δοκῶ γάρ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμᾶς τοὺς ἀποστόλους ἐσχάτους ἀπέδειξεν, ὡς ἐπιθανατίους, ὅτι θέατρον ἐγενήθημεν τῷ κόσμῳ, καὶ ἀγγέλοις καὶ ἀνθρώποις.
Nova Versão Internacional - Porque me parece que Deus nos pôs a nós, os apóstolos, em último lugar, como condenados à morte. Viemos a ser um espetáculo para o mundo, tanto diante de anjos como de homens.
Hoffnung für alle - Doch ich meine, dass Gott uns, seinen Aposteln, den letzten Platz zugewiesen hat: Wir sind wie Menschen, die zum Tod in der Arena verurteilt wurden. Unser Kampf findet vor den Augen der ganzen Welt statt. Menschen und Engel beobachten gespannt, wie er ausgehen wird.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Tôi có cảm tưởng Đức Chúa Trời đưa các sứ đồ chúng tôi ra sau rốt như những người tử tội, để trình diễn cho thiên sứ và loài người cùng xem.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เพราะข้าพเจ้าเห็นว่าพระเจ้าทรงให้เราเหล่าอัครทูตปรากฏอยู่ท้ายขบวน เหมือนผู้ที่ถูกลงโทษให้ถึงตายในสังเวียน ตกเป็นเป้าสายตาของทั้งจักรวาลทูตสวรรค์และมนุษย์
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交叉引用

1 Corinthians 15:30 - And why do you think I keep risking my neck in this dangerous work? I look death in the face practically every day I live. Do you think I’d do this if I wasn’t convinced of your resurrection and mine as guaranteed by the resurrected Messiah Jesus? Do you think I was just trying to act heroic when I fought the wild beasts at Ephesus, hoping it wouldn’t be the end of me? Not on your life! It’s resurrection, resurrection, always resurrection, that undergirds what I do and say, the way I live. If there’s no resurrection, “We eat, we drink, the next day we die,” and that’s all there is to it. But don’t fool yourselves. Don’t let yourselves be poisoned by this anti-resurrection loose talk. “Bad company ruins good manners.”
Revelation 17:6 - Astonished, I rubbed my eyes. I shook my head in wonder. The Angel said, “Does this surprise you? Let me tell you the riddle of the woman and the Beast she rides, the Beast with seven heads and ten horns. The Beast you saw once was, is no longer, and is about to ascend from the Abyss and head straight for Hell. Earth dwellers whose names weren’t written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will be dazzled when they see the Beast that once was, is no longer, and is to come.
1 Thessalonians 5:9 - God didn’t set us up for an angry rejection but for salvation by our Master, Jesus Christ. He died for us, a death that triggered life. Whether we’re awake with the living or asleep with the dead, we’re alive with him! So speak encouraging words to one another. Build up hope so you’ll all be together in this, no one left out, no one left behind. I know you’re already doing this; just keep on doing it.
Revelation 7:13 - Just then one of the Elders addressed me: “Who are these dressed in white robes, and where did they come from?” Taken aback, I said, “O Sir, I have no idea—but you must know.”
Revelation 7:14 - Then he told me, “These are those who come from the great tribulation, and they’ve washed their robes, scrubbed them clean in the blood of the Lamb. That’s why they’re standing before God’s Throne. They serve him day and night in his Temple. The One on the Throne will pitch his tent there for them: no more hunger, no more thirst, no more scorching heat. The Lamb on the Throne will shepherd them, will lead them to spring waters of Life. And God will wipe every last tear from their eyes.”
Hebrews 1:14 - Isn’t it obvious that all angels are sent to help out with those lined up to receive salvation?
1 Thessalonians 3:3 - Not that the troubles should come as any surprise to you. You’ve always known that we’re in for this kind of thing. It’s part of our calling. When we were with you, we made it quite clear that there was trouble ahead. And now that it’s happened, you know what it’s like. That’s why I couldn’t quit worrying; I had to know for myself how you were doing in the faith. I didn’t want the Tempter getting to you and tearing down everything we had built up together.
2 Corinthians 1:8 - We don’t want you in the dark, friends, about how hard it was when all this came down on us in Asia province. It was so bad we didn’t think we were going to make it. We felt like we’d been sent to death row, that it was all over for us. As it turned out, it was the best thing that could have happened. Instead of trusting in our own strength or wits to get out of it, we were forced to trust God totally—not a bad idea since he’s the God who raises the dead! And he did it, rescued us from certain doom. And he’ll do it again, rescuing us as many times as we need rescuing. You and your prayers are part of the rescue operation—I don’t want you in the dark about that either. I can see your faces even now, lifted in praise for God’s deliverance of us, a rescue in which your prayers played such a crucial part.
Revelation 6:9 - When he ripped off the fifth seal, I saw the souls of those killed because they had held firm in their witness to the Word of God. They were gathered under the Altar, and cried out in loud prayers, “How long, Strong God, Holy and True? How long before you step in and avenge our murders?” Then each martyr was given a white robe and told to sit back and wait until the full number of martyrs was filled from among their servant companions and friends in the faith.

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交叉引用

The Message - It seems to me that God has put us who bear his Message on stage in a theater in which no one wants to buy a ticket. We’re something everyone stands around and stares at, like an accident in the street. We’re the Messiah’s misfits. You might be sure of yourselves, but we live in the midst of frailties and uncertainties. You might be well-thought-of by others, but we’re mostly kicked around. Much of the time we don’t have enough to eat, we wear patched and threadbare clothes, we get doors slammed in our faces, and we pick up odd jobs anywhere we can to eke out a living. When they call us names, we say, “God bless you.” When they spread rumors about us, we put in a good word for them. We’re treated like garbage, the leftovers that nobody wants. And it’s not getting any better.
新标点和合本 - 我想　神把我们使徒明明列在末后，好像定死罪的囚犯；因为我们成了一台戏，给世人和天使观看。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 我想，上帝把我们作使徒的明显地列在末后，好像定死罪的囚犯，因为我们成了一台戏，给世界、天使和众人观看。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 我想，　神把我们作使徒的明显地列在末后，好像定死罪的囚犯，因为我们成了一台戏，给世界、天使和众人观看。
当代译本 - 我想，上帝把我们使徒排在队伍的末尾，好像被判死罪的囚犯，让我们成了一台戏，给宇宙观看，给天使和世人观看。
圣经新译本 - 我想　神是把我们作使徒的列在最后，好像定了死刑的人，因为我们成了一台戏给宇宙观看，就是给天使和世人观看！
中文标准译本 - 其实我在想，神把我们做使徒的列在最后，好像被定死罪的人；原来我们成了给宇宙、天使、世人的一台戏。
现代标点和合本 - 我想神把我们使徒明明列在末后，好像定死罪的囚犯；因为我们成了一台戏，给世人和天使观看。
和合本（拼音版） - 我想上帝把我们使徒明明列在末后，好像定死罪的囚犯；因为我们成了一台戏，给世人和天使观看。
New International Version - For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, like those condemned to die in the arena. We have been made a spectacle to the whole universe, to angels as well as to human beings.
New International Reader's Version - It seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of a parade. We are like people sentenced to die in front of a crowd. We have been made a show for the whole creation to see. Angels and people are staring at us.
English Standard Version - For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men.
New Living Translation - Instead, I sometimes think God has put us apostles on display, like prisoners of war at the end of a victor’s parade, condemned to die. We have become a spectacle to the entire world—to people and angels alike.
Christian Standard Bible - For I think God has displayed us, the apostles, in last place, like men condemned to die: We have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to people.
New American Standard Bible - For I think, God has exhibited us, the apostles, last of all as men condemned to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to mankind.
New King James Version - For I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last, as men condemned to death; for we have been made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to men.
Amplified Bible - For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles at the end of the line, like men sentenced to death [and paraded as prisoners in a procession], because we have become a spectacle to the world [a show in the world’s amphitheater], both to angels and to men.
American Standard Version - For, I think, God hath set forth us the apostles last of all, as men doomed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, both to angels and men.
King James Version - For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
New English Translation - For, I think, God has exhibited us apostles last of all, as men condemned to die, because we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and to people.
World English Bible - For, I think that God has displayed us, the apostles, last of all, like men sentenced to death. For we are made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.
新標點和合本 - 我想神把我們使徒明明列在末後，好像定死罪的囚犯；因為我們成了一臺戲，給世人和天使觀看。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 我想，上帝把我們作使徒的明顯地列在末後，好像定死罪的囚犯，因為我們成了一臺戲，給世界、天使和眾人觀看。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 我想，　神把我們作使徒的明顯地列在末後，好像定死罪的囚犯，因為我們成了一臺戲，給世界、天使和眾人觀看。
當代譯本 - 我想，上帝把我們使徒排在隊伍的末尾，好像被判死罪的囚犯，讓我們成了一台戲，給宇宙觀看，給天使和世人觀看。
聖經新譯本 - 我想　神是把我們作使徒的列在最後，好像定了死刑的人，因為我們成了一臺戲給宇宙觀看，就是給天使和世人觀看！
呂振中譯本 - 我以為上帝是把我們做使徒的顯然列為最卑賤的廢物，好像定死罪的人：我們竟成了一齣戲給宇宙看，給天使給人類看呢！
中文標準譯本 - 其實我在想，神把我們做使徒的列在最後，好像被定死罪的人；原來我們成了給宇宙、天使、世人的一臺戲。
現代標點和合本 - 我想神把我們使徒明明列在末後，好像定死罪的囚犯；因為我們成了一臺戲，給世人和天使觀看。
文理和合譯本 - 我思上帝、置我儕使徒於末、如擬死者然、作劇於世、為天使與人所觀、
文理委辦譯本 - 我思上帝、使我儕使徒、立於末局、如擬死之囚、為世人天使視若優伶、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 我思天主、使我儕使徒、身居微末、如擬死之囚、如場上戲劇、為世界與天使及眾人所觀、
吳經熊文理聖詠與新經全集 - 蓋天主已使我輩為其宗徒者、似成為最卑賤之人、一若擬死之囚、又似優伶演劇於世、以博人神之一笑者。
Nueva Versión Internacional - Por lo que veo, a nosotros los apóstoles Dios nos ha hecho desfilar en el último lugar, como a los sentenciados a muerte. Hemos llegado a ser un espectáculo para todo el universo, tanto para los ángeles como para los hombres.
현대인의 성경 - 내가 생각하기에는 하나님이 우리 사도들을 사형장의 죄수들처럼 제일 천한 자리에 세우셔서 우리가 온 세상 사람들과 천사들에게 구경거리가 되었습니다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Потому что мне кажется, что Бог выставил нас, апостолов, как последних из людей, как осужденных на смертную казнь, на всеобщее обозрение. Мы стали зрелищем для мира, для ангелов и для людей.
Восточный перевод - Потому что мне кажется, что Всевышний выставил нас, посланников Масиха, как последних из людей, как осуждённых на смертную казнь, на всеобщее обозрение. Мы стали зрелищем для мира, для ангелов и для людей.
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Потому что мне кажется, что Аллах выставил нас, посланников аль-Масиха, как последних из людей, как осуждённых на смертную казнь, на всеобщее обозрение. Мы стали зрелищем для мира, для ангелов и для людей.
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Потому что мне кажется, что Всевышний выставил нас, посланников Масеха, как последних из людей, как осуждённых на смертную казнь, на всеобщее обозрение. Мы стали зрелищем для мира, для ангелов и для людей.
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Mais il me semble plutôt que Dieu nous a assigné, à nous autres apôtres, la dernière place, comme à des condamnés à mort car, comme eux, il nous a livrés en spectacle au monde entier : aux anges et aux hommes .
リビングバイブル - こんなイメージが浮かびます。神様は私たち使徒を、死罪の判決が下された捕虜のように凱旋行列の最後に引き出し、人々や天使の前で見せ物にされたのだ、と。
Nestle Aland 28 - δοκῶ γάρ, ὁ θεὸς ἡμᾶς τοὺς ἀποστόλους ἐσχάτους ἀπέδειξεν ὡς ἐπιθανατίους, ὅτι θέατρον ἐγενήθημεν τῷ κόσμῳ καὶ ἀγγέλοις καὶ ἀνθρώποις.
unfoldingWord® Greek New Testament - δοκῶ γάρ ὁ Θεὸς ἡμᾶς τοὺς ἀποστόλους ἐσχάτους ἀπέδειξεν, ὡς ἐπιθανατίους, ὅτι θέατρον ἐγενήθημεν τῷ κόσμῳ, καὶ ἀγγέλοις καὶ ἀνθρώποις.
Nova Versão Internacional - Porque me parece que Deus nos pôs a nós, os apóstolos, em último lugar, como condenados à morte. Viemos a ser um espetáculo para o mundo, tanto diante de anjos como de homens.
Hoffnung für alle - Doch ich meine, dass Gott uns, seinen Aposteln, den letzten Platz zugewiesen hat: Wir sind wie Menschen, die zum Tod in der Arena verurteilt wurden. Unser Kampf findet vor den Augen der ganzen Welt statt. Menschen und Engel beobachten gespannt, wie er ausgehen wird.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Tôi có cảm tưởng Đức Chúa Trời đưa các sứ đồ chúng tôi ra sau rốt như những người tử tội, để trình diễn cho thiên sứ và loài người cùng xem.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - เพราะข้าพเจ้าเห็นว่าพระเจ้าทรงให้เราเหล่าอัครทูตปรากฏอยู่ท้ายขบวน เหมือนผู้ที่ถูกลงโทษให้ถึงตายในสังเวียน ตกเป็นเป้าสายตาของทั้งจักรวาลทูตสวรรค์และมนุษย์
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - ข้าพเจ้าคิดว่าพระเจ้าให้พวกเราซึ่งเป็นอัครทูตเป็นคนท้ายสุดเหมือนคนถูกตัดสินประหาร เพราะเราตกเป็นเป้าสายตาของโลก รวมทั้งทูตสวรรค์และมวลมนุษย์

1 Corinthians 15:30 - And why do you think I keep risking my neck in this dangerous work? I look death in the face practically every day I live. Do you think I’d do this if I wasn’t convinced of your resurrection and mine as guaranteed by the resurrected Messiah Jesus? Do you think I was just trying to act heroic when I fought the wild beasts at Ephesus, hoping it wouldn’t be the end of me? Not on your life! It’s resurrection, resurrection, always resurrection, that undergirds what I do and say, the way I live. If there’s no resurrection, “We eat, we drink, the next day we die,” and that’s all there is to it. But don’t fool yourselves. Don’t let yourselves be poisoned by this anti-resurrection loose talk. “Bad company ruins good manners.”
Revelation 17:6 - Astonished, I rubbed my eyes. I shook my head in wonder. The Angel said, “Does this surprise you? Let me tell you the riddle of the woman and the Beast she rides, the Beast with seven heads and ten horns. The Beast you saw once was, is no longer, and is about to ascend from the Abyss and head straight for Hell. Earth dwellers whose names weren’t written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will be dazzled when they see the Beast that once was, is no longer, and is to come.
1 Thessalonians 5:9 - God didn’t set us up for an angry rejection but for salvation by our Master, Jesus Christ. He died for us, a death that triggered life. Whether we’re awake with the living or asleep with the dead, we’re alive with him! So speak encouraging words to one another. Build up hope so you’ll all be together in this, no one left out, no one left behind. I know you’re already doing this; just keep on doing it.
Revelation 7:13 - Just then one of the Elders addressed me: “Who are these dressed in white robes, and where did they come from?” Taken aback, I said, “O Sir, I have no idea—but you must know.”
Revelation 7:14 - Then he told me, “These are those who come from the great tribulation, and they’ve washed their robes, scrubbed them clean in the blood of the Lamb. That’s why they’re standing before God’s Throne. They serve him day and night in his Temple. The One on the Throne will pitch his tent there for them: no more hunger, no more thirst, no more scorching heat. The Lamb on the Throne will shepherd them, will lead them to spring waters of Life. And God will wipe every last tear from their eyes.”
Hebrews 1:14 - Isn’t it obvious that all angels are sent to help out with those lined up to receive salvation?
1 Thessalonians 3:3 - Not that the troubles should come as any surprise to you. You’ve always known that we’re in for this kind of thing. It’s part of our calling. When we were with you, we made it quite clear that there was trouble ahead. And now that it’s happened, you know what it’s like. That’s why I couldn’t quit worrying; I had to know for myself how you were doing in the faith. I didn’t want the Tempter getting to you and tearing down everything we had built up together.
2 Corinthians 1:8 - We don’t want you in the dark, friends, about how hard it was when all this came down on us in Asia province. It was so bad we didn’t think we were going to make it. We felt like we’d been sent to death row, that it was all over for us. As it turned out, it was the best thing that could have happened. Instead of trusting in our own strength or wits to get out of it, we were forced to trust God totally—not a bad idea since he’s the God who raises the dead! And he did it, rescued us from certain doom. And he’ll do it again, rescuing us as many times as we need rescuing. You and your prayers are part of the rescue operation—I don’t want you in the dark about that either. I can see your faces even now, lifted in praise for God’s deliverance of us, a rescue in which your prayers played such a crucial part.
Revelation 6:9 - When he ripped off the fifth seal, I saw the souls of those killed because they had held firm in their witness to the Word of God. They were gathered under the Altar, and cried out in loud prayers, “How long, Strong God, Holy and True? How long before you step in and avenge our murders?” Then each martyr was given a white robe and told to sit back and wait until the full number of martyrs was filled from among their servant companions and friends in the faith.