Romans 8:36

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As it is said in the holy Writings, Because of you we are put to death every day; we are like sheep ready for destruction.

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  • Ps 44:22 : 22 Truly, because of you we are put to death every day; we are numbered like sheep for destruction.
  • 1 Cor 15:30 : 30 And why are we in danger every hour?
  • Isa 53:7 : 7 Men were cruel to him, but he was gentle and quiet; as a lamb taken to its death, and as a sheep before those who take her wool makes no sound, so he said not a word.
  • Jer 51:40 : 40 I will make them go down to death like lambs, like he-goats together.
  • John 16:2 : 2 They will put you out of the Synagogues: yes, the time is coming when whoever puts you to death will have the belief that he is doing God's pleasure.
  • Acts 8:32 : 32 Now the place in the book where he was reading was this: He was taken, like a sheep, to be put to death; and as a lamb is quiet when its wool is being cut, so he made no sound:
  • Acts 20:24 : 24 But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God.
  • 1 Cor 4:9 : 9 For it seems to me that God has put us the Apostles last of all, as men whose fate is death: for we are put on view to the world, and to angels, and to men.
  • Jer 11:19 : 19 But I was like a gentle lamb taken to be put to death; I had no thought that they were designing evil against me, saying, Come and let us make trouble his food, cutting him off from the land of the living, so that there may be no more memory of his name.
  • Jer 12:3 : 3 But you, O Lord, have knowledge of me; you see me, searching and testing how my heart is with you: let them be pulled out like sheep to be put to death, make them ready for the day of death.
  • Ps 141:7 : 7 Our bones are broken up at the mouth of the underworld, as the earth is broken by the plough.
  • 2 Cor 4:10-11 : 10 In our bodies there is ever the mark of the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our bodies. 11 For, while living, we are still being given up to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our flesh, though it is under the power of death.

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  • Ps 44:22
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    22 Truly, because of you we are put to death every day; we are numbered like sheep for destruction.

  • Rom 8:34-35
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    34 Who will give a decision against us? It is Christ Jesus who not only was put to death, but came again from the dead, who is now at the right hand of God, taking our part.

    35 Who will come between us and the love of Christ? Will trouble, or pain, or cruel acts, or the need of food or of clothing, or danger, or the sword?

  • Rom 8:37-39
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    37 But we are able to overcome all these things and more through his love.

    38 For I am certain that not death, or life, or angels, or rulers, or things present, or things to come, or powers,

    39 Or things on high, or things under the earth, or anything which is made, will be able to come between us and the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

  • Rom 14:7-8
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    7 For every man's life and every man's death has a relation to others as well as to himself.

    8 As long as we have life we are living to the Lord; or if we give up our life it is to the Lord; so if we are living, or if our life comes to an end, we are the Lord's.

  • 2 Cor 4:8-12
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    8 Troubles are round us on every side, but we are not shut in; things are hard for us, but we see a way out of them;

    9 We are cruelly attacked, but not without hope; we are made low, but we are not without help;

    10 In our bodies there is ever the mark of the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our bodies.

    11 For, while living, we are still being given up to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our flesh, though it is under the power of death.

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

  • Rom 8:31-32
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    31 What may we say about these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

    32 He who did not keep back his only Son, but gave him up for us all, will he not with him freely give us all things?

  • Heb 11:36-37
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    36 And others were tested by being laughed at or by blows, and even with chains and prisons:

    37 They were stoned, they were cut up with knives, they were tested, they were put to death with the sword, they went about in sheepskins and in goatskins; being poor and in pain and cruelly attacked,

  • 2 Cor 6:9
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    9 Unnoted, but still kept fully in mind; as near to death, but still living; as undergoing punishment, but not put to death;

  • Rom 8:17-18
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    17 And if we are children, we have a right to a part in the heritage; a part in the things of God, together with Christ; so that if we have a part in his pain, we will in the same way have a part in his glory.

    18 I am of the opinion that there is no comparison between the pain of this present time and the glory which we will see in the future.

  • 1 Cor 4:9-13
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    9 For it seems to me that God has put us the Apostles last of all, as men whose fate is death: for we are put on view to the world, and to angels, and to men.

    10 We are made to seem foolish for Christ, but you are wise in Christ; we are feeble, but you are strong; you have glory, but we have shame.

    11 Even to this hour we are without food, drink, and clothing, we are given blows and have no certain resting-place;

    12 And with our hands we do the hardest work: when they give us curses we give blessings, when we undergo punishment we take it quietly;

    13 When evil things are said about us we give gentle answers: we are made as the unclean things of the world, as that for which no one has any use, even till now.

  • Rom 6:8
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    8 But if we are dead with Christ, we have faith that we will be living with him;

  • Rom 5:8-9
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    8 But God has made clear his love to us, in that, when we were still sinners, Christ gave his life for us.

    9 Much more, if we now have righteousness by his blood, will salvation from the wrath of God come to us through him.

  • 1 Cor 15:30-31
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    30 And why are we in danger every hour?

    31 Yes, truly, by your pride in me, my brothers in Christ Jesus our Lord, my life is one long death.

  • Isa 53:6
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    6 We all went wandering like sheep; going every one of us after his desire; and the Lord put on him the punishment of us all.

  • 2 Cor 1:8
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    8 For it is our desire that you may not be without knowledge of our trouble which came on us in Asia, that the weight of it was very great, more than our power, so that it seemed that we had no hope even of life:

  • 2 Thess 1:4-5
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    4 So that we ourselves take pride in you in the churches of God for your untroubled mind and your faith in all the troubles and sorrows which you are going through;

    5 Which is a clear sign of the decision which God in his righteousness has made; to give you a part in his kingdom, for which you have undergone this pain;

  • Rom 8:28
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    28 And we are conscious that all things are working together for good to those who have love for God, and have been marked out by his purpose.

  • Ps 44:11
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    11 You have made us like sheep which are taken for meat; we are put to flight among the nations.

  • 2 Cor 5:13-14
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    13 For if we are foolish, it is to God; or if we are serious, it is for you.

    14 For it is the love of Christ which is moving us; because we are of the opinion that if one was put to death for all, then all have undergone death;

  • 2 Cor 1:6
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    6 But if we are troubled, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which takes effect through your quiet undergoing of the same troubles which we undergo:

  • Acts 8:32
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    32 Now the place in the book where he was reading was this: He was taken, like a sheep, to be put to death; and as a lamb is quiet when its wool is being cut, so he made no sound:

  • 1 Thess 5:10
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    10 Who was put to death for us, so that, awake or sleeping, we may have a part in his life.

  • Rom 8:1
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    1 For this cause those who are in Christ Jesus will not be judged as sinners.

  • 2 Cor 4:16
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    16 For which cause we do not give way to weariness; but though our outer man is getting feebler, our inner man is made new day by day.

  • 2 Tim 3:12
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    12 Yes, and all whose purpose is to be living in the knowledge of God in Christ Jesus, will be cruelly attacked.

  • 2 Tim 2:11
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    11 This is a true saying: If we undergo death with him, then will we be living with him:

  • Rom 3:9
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    9 What then? are we worse off than they? In no way: because we have before made it clear that Jews as well as Greeks are all under the power of sin;

  • Rom 8:12
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    12 So then, my brothers, we are in debt, not to the flesh to be living in the way of the flesh:

  • 2 Cor 11:23
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    23 Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking foolishly) I am more so; I have had more experience of hard work, of prisons, of blows more than measure, of death.

  • 2 Cor 2:15
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    15 For we are a sweet perfume of Christ to God in those who are getting salvation and in those who are going to destruction;

  • Rom 8:22
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    22 For we are conscious that all living things are weeping and sorrowing in pain together till now.