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)

³¹ I face death every day^(A)—yes, just as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.

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.

⁹ known, yet regarded as unknown; dying,^(A) and yet we live on;^(B) beaten, and yet not killed;

²³ Are they servants of Christ?^(A) (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more. I have worked much harder,^(B) been in prison more frequently,^(C) been flogged more severely,^(D) and been exposed to death again and again.^(E)