I hold my life in my hand continually, but I do not forget your law.
And when I saw that you would not save me, I took my life in my hand and crossed over against the Ammonites, and the Lord gave them into my hand. Why then have you come up to me this day to fight against me?”
I protest, brothers, by my pride in you, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die every day!
Why should I take my flesh in my teeth and put my life in my hand?
Are they servants of Christ? I am a better one—I am talking like a madman—with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, with countless beatings, and often near death.
As it is written, “For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered.”
Long have I known from your testimonies that you have founded them forever.
Hold me up, that I may be safe and have regard for your statutes continually!
For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke, yet I have not forgotten your statutes.
But David vowed again, saying, “Your father knows well that I have found favor in your eyes, and he thinks, ‘Do not let Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved.’ But truly, as the Lord lives and as your soul lives, there is but a step between me and death.”
For he took his life in his hand and he struck down the Philistine, and the Lord worked a great salvation for all Israel. You saw it, and rejoiced. Why then will you sin against innocent blood by killing David without cause?”
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