1 Corinthians 4:9

In 9 translations

BSB

For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men.

KJV

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.

WEB

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.

ASV

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.

LSV

for I think that God set forth us the apostles last—as appointed to death, because we became a spectacle to the world, and messengers, and men;

YLT

for I think that God did set forth us the apostles last — as appointed to death, because a spectacle we became to the world, and messengers, and men;

DBY

For I think that God has set us the apostles for the last, as appointed to death. For we have become a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men.Elohim

DRC

For I think that God hath set forth us apostles, the last, as it were men appointed to death: we are made a spectacle to the world, and to angels, and to men.

GNV

For I thinke that God hath set forth vs the last Apostles, as men appointed to death: for we are made a gasing stocke vnto the worlde, and to the Angels, and to men.

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SBLGNT

δοκῶ γάρ, ὁ θεὸς ἡμᾶς τοὺς ἀποστόλους ἐσχάτους ἀπέδειξεν ὡς ἐπιθανατίους, ὅτι θέατρον ἐγενήθημεν τῷ κόσμῳ καὶ ἀγγέλοις καὶ ἀνθρώποις.

RP2018

Δοκῶ γὰρ ὅτι ὁ θεὸς ἡμᾶς τοὺς ἀποστόλους ἐσχάτους ἀπέδειξεν ὡς ἐπιθανατίους· ὅτι θέατρον ἐγενήθημεν τῷ κόσμῳ, καὶ ἀγγέλοις, καὶ ἀνθρώποις.

TR-Boyd

Δοκῶ γὰρ ὅτι ὁ Θεὸς ἡμᾶς τοὺς ἀποστόλους ἐσχάτους ἀπέδειξεν ὡς ἐπιθανατίους· ὅτι θέατρον ἐγενήθημεν τῷ κόσμῳ, καὶ ἀγγέλοις, καὶ ἀνθρώποις.

SCR1894

δοκω γαρ οτι ο θεος ημας τους αποστολους εσχατους απεδειξεν ως επιθανατιους οτι θεατρον εγενηθημεν τω κοσμω και αγγελοις και ανθρωποις

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• Hebrews 10:33Sometimes you were publicly exposed to ridicule and persecution; at other times you were partners with those who were so treated.
• 2 Corinthians 4:8–12We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed. We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of…
• Romans 8:36As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
• 2 Corinthians 1:8–10We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. Indeed, we felt we were…
• Hebrews 1:14Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
• 1 Corinthians 15:30–32And why do we endanger ourselves every hour? I face death every day, brothers, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord. If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead…
• Philippians 1:29–30For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him, since you are encountering the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.
• Acts 19:29Soon the whole city was in disarray. They rushed together into the theatre, dragging with them Gaius and Aristarchus, Paul’s traveling companions from Macedonia.
• Revelation 6:9–11And when the Lamb 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 they had upheld. And they cried out in a loud voice, “How long, O Lord,…
• 2 Corinthians 6:9as unknown, yet well-known; dying, and yet we live on; punished, yet not killed;
• Acts 19:31Even some of Paul’s friends who were officials of the province of Asia sent word to him, begging him not to venture into the theatre.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:9–10For God has not appointed us to suffer wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ. He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.
• Hebrews 11:36Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
• 1 Thessalonians 3:3so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this.
• Psalms 44:22Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
• Revelation 17:6–7I could see that the woman was drunk with the blood of the saints and witnesses for Jesus. And I was utterly amazed at the sight of her. “Why are you so amazed?” said the angel. “I will tell you the mystery of the…

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