1Cor 4:9-13, 2Cor 4:8-10, 6:3-10, 11:23-27, 2Ti 2:9-10, 3:10-12 | ESV | STEP | For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death , because we have become a spectacle to the world , to angels , and to men .

1 Corinthians 4:9-13

9 For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, ^alike men sentenced to death, because we ^bhave become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men. 10 ^cWe are fools for Christ’s sake, but ^dyou are wise in Christ. ^eWe are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. 11 To the present hour ^fwe hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and ^gbuffeted and ^hhomeless, 12 and we ⁱlabor, working with our own hands. ^jWhen reviled, we bless; ^kwhen persecuted, we endure; 13 when slandered, we entreat. ^lWe have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, ^mthe refuse of all things.

2 Corinthians 4:8-10

8 We are ⁿafflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; 9 persecuted, but ^onot forsaken; ^pstruck down, but not destroyed; 10 ^qalways carrying in the body the death of Jesus, ^rso that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.

2 Corinthians 6:3-10

3 We ^sput no obstacle in anyone’s way, so that no fault may be found with our ministry, 4 but ^tas servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: ^uby great endurance, ^vin afflictions, ^whardships, calamities, 5 ^xbeatings, imprisonments, ^yriots, labors, sleepless nights, hunger; 6 ^zby purity, ^aaknowledge, patience, kindness, ^abthe Holy Spirit, ^acgenuine love; 7 by ^adtruthful speech, and ^aethe power of God; with ^afthe weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left; 8 through honor and dishonor, ^agthrough slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; 9 as unknown, and ^ahyet well known; ^aias dying, and behold, we live; ^ajas punished, and yet not killed; 10 ^akas sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; ^alas poor, yet making many rich; ^amas having nothing, ^anyet possessing everything.

2 Corinthians 11:23-27

23 Are they ^aoservants of Christ? ^apI am a better one—I am talking like a madman—with far greater labors, ^aqfar more imprisonments, ^arwith countless beatings, and ^asoften near death. 24 Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the ^atforty lashes less one. 25 Three times I was ^aubeaten with rods. ^avOnce I was stoned. Three times I ^awwas shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea; 26 on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, ^axdanger from my own people, ^aydanger from Gentiles, ^azdanger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers; 27 ^bain toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, ^bbin hunger and thirst, often without food, ^{▼▼Or often in fasting} in cold and exposure.

2 Timothy 2:9-10

9 ^bdfor which I am suffering, ^bebound with chains as a criminal. But ^bfthe word of God is not bound! 10 Therefore ^bgI endure everything for the sake of the elect, that they also may obtain ^bhthe salvation that is in Christ Jesus with ^bieternal glory.

2 Timothy 3:10-12

All Scripture Is Breathed Out by God

10 ^bjYou, however, have followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim in life, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness, 11 my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me ^bkat Antioch, ^blat Iconium, and ^bmat Lystra—which persecutions I endured; yet ^bnfrom them all ^bothe Lord rescued me. 12 Indeed, all who desire to ^bplive a godly life in Christ Jesus ^bqwill be persecuted,