2 Corinthians 11:23
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23 Are they servants of Christ? I know I sound like a madman, but I have served him far more! I have worked harder, been put in prison more often, been whipped times without number, and faced death again and again.
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2 Corinthians 6:4-5
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4 In everything we do, we show that we are true ministers of God. We patiently endure troubles and hardships and calamities of every kind. 5 We have been beaten, been put in prison, faced angry mobs, worked to exhaustion, endured sleepless nights, and gone without food.
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2 Corinthians 11:24-25
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24 Five different times the Jewish leaders gave me thirty-nine lashes. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked. Once I spent a whole night and a day adrift at sea.
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2 Corinthians 6:9
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9 We are ignored, even though we are well known. We live close to death, but we are still alive. We have been beaten, but we have not been killed.
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2 Corinthians 3:6
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6 He has enabled us to be ministers of his new covenant. This is a covenant not of written laws, but of the Spirit. The old written covenant ends in death; but under the new covenant, the Spirit gives life.
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2 Corinthians 1:9-10
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9 In fact, we expected to die. But as a result, we stopped relying on ourselves and learned to rely only on God, who raises the dead. 10 And he did rescue us from mortal danger, and he will rescue us again. We have placed our confidence in him, and he will continue to rescue us.
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1 Corinthians 15:10
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10 But whatever I am now, it is all because God poured out his special favor on me—and not without results. For I have worked harder than any of the other apostles; yet it was not I but God who was working through me by his grace.
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Colossians 1:29
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29 That’s why I work and struggle so hard, depending on Christ’s mighty power that works within me.
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Colossians 1:24
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Paul’s Work for the Church
24 I am glad when I suffer for you in my body, for I am participating in the sufferings of Christ that continue for his body, the church.
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Acts 9:16
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16 And I will show him how much he must suffer for my name’s sake.”
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Philemon 9
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9 But because of our love, I prefer simply to ask you. Consider this as a request from me—Paul, an old man and now also a prisoner for the sake of Christ Jesus.[a]
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- 9 Or a prisoner of Christ Jesus.
2 Timothy 2:9
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9 And because I preach this Good News, I am suffering and have been chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained.
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1 Corinthians 15:30-32
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30 And why should we ourselves risk our lives hour by hour? 31 For I swear, dear brothers and sisters, that I face death daily. This is as certain as my pride in what Christ Jesus our Lord has done in you. 32 And what value was there in fighting wild beasts—those people of Ephesus[a]—if there will be no resurrection from the dead? And if there is no resurrection, “Let’s feast and drink, for tomorrow we die!”[b]
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