Romans 8:36 KJV
As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
Thou and Ye
- thy one person
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
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Thompson Chains
- For Christ's SakeSee the chain from Matthew 5:11 · 9 links
- Suffering for ChristLink 3 of 13 · next 2 Corinthians 1:7
- Dying with ChristLink 2 of 5 · next 2 Corinthians 4:11
Parallel Passages
- Psalms 44:22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Psalms 44:22 Yea, for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.
- 1 Corinthians 15:30 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?
- Isaiah 53:7 He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his mouth.
- Jeremiah 51:40 I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats.
- Psalms 141:7 Our bones are scattered at the grave's mouth, as when one cutteth and cleaveth wood upon the earth.
- Jeremiah 11:19 But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
- Jeremiah 12:3 But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.
- John 16:2 They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he doeth God service.
- Acts 8:32 The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
- Acts 20:24 But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
- 1 Corinthians 4:9 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
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Topics
- Afflictions and adversities Consolation in
- Martyrdom General scriptures concerning Martyrdom
- Paul Persecutions endured by
- Persecution Of the righteous
- Quotations and allusions In the new testament from, and to, the old testament
- Righteous Described
- Rome The works of the flesh and the Spirit
- Self-denial General scriptures concerning Self-denial
- Sin Paul’s discussion of the responsibility for
- Temptation General scriptures concerning Temptation
Timeline
- Timeline of the BibleAbout AD 60 · The Epistle to the Romans
Greek and Strong’s
- As Καθὼς Kathōs καθώς Conjunction
- it is written γέγραπται gegraptai γράφω Verb · perfect passive indicative, third person singular ὅτι hoti ὅτι Conjunction
- For thy σοῦ sou Pronoun · second person, genitive singular σοῦ soû
- sake Ἕνεκά Heneka ἕνεκα Preposition
- we are killed θανατούμεθα thanatoumetha θανατόω Verb · present passive indicative, first person plural
- all ὅλην holēn ὅλος Article · accusative feminine singular
- the day long τὴν tēn Article · accusative feminine singular ἡμέραν hēmeran ἡμέρα Noun · accusative feminine singular
- we are accounted ἐλογίσθημεν elogisthēmen λογίζομαι Verb · aorist passive indicative, first person plural
- as ὡς hōs ὡς Conjunction
- sheep πρόβατα probata πρόβατον Noun · nominative neuter plural
- for the slaughter σφαγῆς sphagēs σφαγή Noun · genitive feminine singular
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