Romans 8:36
According as it is written—For thy sake, are we being put to death all the day long, we have been reckoned as sheep for slaughter.—
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
37Nay, in all these things, we are more than conquering through him that hath loved us.
Cross References
Psalms 44:22Surely, for thy sake, have we been slain all the day, We have been accounted as sheep for slaughter.
Isaiah 53:7Hard pressed—yet, he, humbled himself Nor opened his mouth—As, a lamb, to the slaughter, is led, And, as a sheep, before her shearers, is dumb—Nor opened his mouth.
Jeremiah 12:3But thou O Yahweh, knowest me, Wilt thou observe me and try my heart towards thee? Drag them away, as sheep for slaughter, And hallow them for the day when they are to be slain.
John 16:2Excommunicants from the synagogue, will they make you; Nay! there cometh an hour, that, every one who killeth you, shall think to be rendering, divine service, unto God!
Acts 20:24But, for no cause whatever, am I making my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my course and the ministry which I have received from the Lord Jesus, to bear full witness as to the good news of the favour of God.
1 Corinthians 15:30Why also are, we, running into peril every hour?
Matthew Henry on Romans 8:32-39
The Believer's Triumph. ( a. d. 58.) 31 What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us? 32 He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things? 33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth. 34 Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. 35 Who shall separate us… Read the whole commentary →