‘Even as it is written, For your sake we are killed all the day long. We were accounted as sheep for the slaughter.'

On the other hand the fact that persecution with its consequences is prominent in Paul's mind comes out in this supporting quotation, which is from Psalms 44:22, and refers to our suffering ‘for His sake'. It is equally an assurance that the Scriptures demonstrate that suffering should not come as a surprise to God's people.

The description is vivid. The world marks down God's people as only suitable for slaughter, as only fit for the charnel house. And it is because the world is at enmity with God. It is precisely because we are His that the world will turn against us, as it turned against Jesus (John 15:18; John 16:2).

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