And why should we ourselves risk our lives hour by hour?

我们又因何时刻冒险呢？

我们为什么要时刻冒险呢？

我们为什么要时刻冒险呢？

我们又何必时刻身临险境呢？

我们又为什么时刻冒险呢？

我们又为什么要时时刻刻面临危险呢？

我們又因何時刻冒險呢？

我們為甚麼要時刻冒險呢？

我們為甚麼要時刻冒險呢？

我們又何必時刻身臨險境呢？

我們又為甚麼時刻冒險呢？

我們呢、又為甚麼時時刻刻冒險呢？

我們又為什麼要時時刻刻面臨危險呢？

且我儕何為恆冒險哉、

我儕何為恆冒險哉、

我儕何為恆冒險乎、

且吾儕之臨危蹈難、不遑寧息、所為何事乎？

And as for us, why do we endanger ourselves every hour?

And why would we put ourselves in danger every hour?

Why are we in danger every hour?

Why are we in danger every hour?

Why are we also in danger every hour?

And why do we stand in jeopardy every hour?

Why do we also stand in jeopardy every hour?

Why are we in danger every hour?

And why stand we in jeopardy every hour?

Why too are we in danger every hour?

Why do we also stand in jeopardy every hour?

We are ignored, even though we are well known. We live close to death, but we are still alive. We have been beaten, but we have not been killed.

Dear brothers and sisters, if I were still preaching that you must be circumcised— as some say I do— why am I still being persecuted? If I were no longer preaching salvation through the cross of Christ, no one would be offended.

For I swear, dear brothers and sisters, that I face death daily. This is as certain as my pride in what Christ Jesus our Lord has done in you.

We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves.We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair.We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed.Through suffering, our bodies continue to share in the death of Jesus so that the life of Jesus may also be seen in our bodies.Yes, we live under constant danger of death because we serve Jesus, so that the life of Jesus will be evident in our dying bodies.So we live in the face of death, but this has resulted in eternal life for you.

Are they servants of Christ? I know I sound like a madman, but I have served him far more! I have worked harder, been put in prison more often, been whipped times without number, and faced death again and again.Five different times the Jewish leaders gave me thirty nine lashes.Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked. Once I spent a whole night and a day adrift at sea.I have traveled on many long journeys. I have faced danger from rivers and from robbers. I have faced danger from my own people, the Jews, as well as from the Gentiles. I have faced danger in the cities, in the deserts, and on the seas. And I have faced danger from men who claim to be believers but are not.I have worked hard and long, enduring many sleepless nights. I have been hungry and thirsty and have often gone without food. I have shivered in the cold, without enough clothing to keep me warm.

( As the Scriptures say,“ For your sake we are killed every day; we are being slaughtered like sheep.”)No, despite all these things, overwhelming victory is ours through Christ, who loved us.And I am convinced that nothing can ever separate us from God’s love. Neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither our fears for today nor our worries about tomorrow— not even the powers of hell can separate us from God’s love.No power in the sky above or in the earth below— indeed, nothing in all creation will ever be able to separate us from the love of God that is revealed in Christ Jesus our Lord.