17 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

• Spiritual Warfare
• Suffering and Perseverance

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

• 1Cor 15:19 — If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
• 1Cor 15:30 — And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?
• 1Cor 15:31 — I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our LORD, I die daily.
• 1Pet 1:6 — Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
• 1Thess 3:3 — That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.
• 1Thess 3:3 — That no man should be moved by these afflictions: for yourselves know that we are appointed thereunto.
• 1Thess 5:9 — For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ,
• 2Cor 1:8 — For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life:
• 2Cor 4:8 — We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
• 2Cor 6:9 — As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
• 2Cor 6:9 — As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
• 2Tim 1:8 — Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
• Acts 9:16 — For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.
• Acts 19:29 — And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre.
• Acts 19:29 — And the whole city was filled with confusion: and having caught Gaius and Aristarchus, men of Macedonia, Paul’s companions in travel, they rushed with one accord into the theatre.
• Acts 19:31 — And certain of the chief of Asia, which were his friends, sent unto him, desiring him that he would not adventure himself into the theatre.
• Acts 20:19 — Serving the LORD with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:
• Heb 1:14 — Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?
• Heb 10:33 — Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.
• Heb 10:33 — Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.
• Heb 11:36 — And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
• Jer 20:18 — Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
• Mark 8:34 — And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
• Mark 13:9 — But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against t
• Mark 15:5 — But Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled.
• Matt 5:10 — Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
• Nah 3:6 — And I will cast abominable filth upon thee, and make thee vile, and will set thee as a gazingstock.
• Phil 1:29 — For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
• Phil 3:8 — Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win
• Phil 4:12 — I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
• Ps 44:22 — Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
• Ps 44:22 — Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
• Ps 71:7 — I am as a wonder unto many; but thou art my strong refuge.
• Rev 1:9 — I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Je
• Rev 6:9 — And when he had opened the fifth seal, I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held:
• Rev 7:11 — And all the angels stood round about the throne, and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God,
• Rev 17:6 — And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
• Rom 8:36 — As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
• Rom 8:36 — As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.