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Romans 8:36 — King James Version← Study notes

As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.


Romans 8:36Greek Interlinear

Greek · Romans 8:3613 words
GreekMeaning
καθὼςkathōs
Even aswordG2531
γέγραπταιgegraptai
it has been writtenverbG1125
ὅτιhoti
thatwordG3754
ἝνεκενHeneken
For the sakeprepositionG1752
σοῦsou
of youpronounG4771
θανατούμεθαthanatoumetha
we face deathverbG2289
ὅληνholēn
alladjectiveG3650
τὴνtēn
thearticleG3588
ἡμέρανhēmeran
daynounG2250
ἐλογίσθημενelogisthēmen
we were regardedverbG3049
ὡςhōs
aswordG5613
πρόβαταprobata
sheepnounG4263
σφαγῆςsphagēs
of slaughternounG4967
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on Romans 8:36

“For Your sake we are killed all the day long, we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.” Psalm 43:22 That is, we are exposed to all to be evil entreated of them. But yet against so many and so great dangers and these recent horrors, the object of our conflicts is given as a sufficient consolation, or rather not sufficient only, but even much more. For it is not for men, nor for any other of the things of this life that we suffer, but for the King (he says) of the…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 15 on Romans
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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