(1 Corinthians 4:9 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."
(1 Corinthians 4:10 KJV)
"We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ;
we are weak, but ye are strong;
ye are honourable, but we are despised."
(1 Corinthians 4:11 KJV)
"Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst,
and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;"
(1 Corinthians 4:12 KJV)
"And labour, working with our own hands:
being reviled, we bless; being persecuted, we suffer it:"
(1 Corinthians 4:13 KJV)
"Being defamed, we entreat:
we are made as the filth of the world, and are the offscouring of all things unto this day."
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(2 Corinthians 4:8 KJV)
"We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed;
we are perplexed, but not in despair;"
(2 Corinthians 4:9 KJV)
"Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed;"
(2 Corinthians 4:10 KJV)
"Always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus,
that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our body."
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(2 Corinthians 6:3 KJV)
"Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:"
(2 Corinthians 6:4 KJV)
"But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God,
in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,"
(2 Corinthians 6:5 KJV)
"In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;"
(2 Corinthians 6:6 KJV)
"By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness,
by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned,"
(2 Corinthians 6:7 KJV)
"By the word of truth, by the power of God,
by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left,"
(2 Corinthians 6:8 KJV)
"By honour and dishonour, by evil report and good report:
as deceivers, and yet true;"
(2 Corinthians 6:9 KJV)
"As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live;
as chastened, and not killed;"
(2 Corinthians 6:10 KJV)
"As sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich;
as having nothing, and yet possessing all things."
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Faith's Hall Of Fame :
(Hebrews 11:32 KJV)
"And what shall I more say?
for the time would fail me to tell of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of Samson,
and of Jephthae; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets:"
(Hebrews 11:33 KJV)
"Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness,
obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,"
(Hebrews 11:34 KJV)
"Quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword,
out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight,
turned to flight the armies of the aliens."
(Hebrews 11:35 KJV)
"Women received their dead raised to life again:
and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance;
that they might obtain a better resurrection:"
(Hebrews 11:36 KJV)
"And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings,
yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:"
(Hebrews 11:37 KJV)
"They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted,
were slain with the sword:
they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins;
being destitute, afflicted, tormented;"
(Hebrews 11:38 KJV)
"(Of whom the world was not worthy:)
they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth."
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God's People Are His "Flock" :
(Ezekiel 34:31 KJV)
"And ye my flock, the flock of my pasture, are men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD."
God Will Judge Among His People, His Flock :
(Ezekiel 34:17 KJV)
"And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord GOD;
Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats."
(Ezekiel 34:18 KJV)
"Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture,
but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures?
and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?"
(Ezekiel 34:19 KJV)
"And as for my flock, they eat that which ye have trodden with your feet;
and they drink that which ye have fouled with your feet."
(Ezekiel 34:20 KJV)
"Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD unto them;
Behold, I, even I, will judge between the fat cattle and between the lean cattle."
(Ezekiel 34:21 KJV)
"Because ye have thrust with side and with shoulder,
and pushed all the diseased with your horns, till ye have scattered them abroad;"
(Ezekiel 34:22 KJV)
"Therefore will I save my flock, and they shall no more be a prey;
and I will judge between cattle and cattle."
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God Will Rescue His People From The Bad Times
By Giving Their Enemies A Dose Of Their Own Medicine :
(Isaiah 51:22 KJV)
"Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people,
Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling,
even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink it again:"
(Isaiah 51:23 KJV)
"But I will put it into the hand of them that afflict thee;
which have said to thy soul, Bow down, that we may go over:
and thou hast laid thy body as the ground, and as the street, to them that went over."
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