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1 Corinthians 4:9

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I: 1 Corinthians 15:30-32; 2 Corinthians 1:8-10, 2 Corinthians 4:8-12, 2 Corinthians 6:9; Philippians 1:29-30; 1 Thessalonians 3:3

us the apostles last, as: or, us the last apostles

as: Psalms 44:22; Romans 8:36; 1 Thessalonians 5:9-10; Revelation 6:9-11

we are: Hebrews 10:33, Hebrews 11:36

spectacle: Gr. theatre, Acts 19:29, Acts 19:31

and to men: Hebrews 1:14; Revelation 7:11-14, Revelation 17:6-7

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