⁹ For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, like those condemned to die^(A) in the arena. We have been made a spectacle^(B) to the whole universe, to angels as well as to human beings.

³⁰ And as for us, why do we endanger ourselves every hour?^(A)

¹¹ For we who are alive are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake,^(A) so that his life may also be revealed in our mortal body.

¹² In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,^(A)