"God has put us apostles at the
end of the line." -1 Corinthians 4:9
Paul repeatedly published lists of
the sufferings of Christians (see 2 Cor 6:4ff; 11:23ff). Paul described the
apostles as "men doomed to die in the arena,""a spectacle to the universe,""fools on Christ's account," sneered at, "hungry and thirsty, poorly clad,
roughly treated, wandering about homeless," insulted,
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