Esther 4:16

4:16 “Go, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa and fast in my behalf. Don’t eat and don’t drink for three days, night or day. My female attendants and I ¹  will also fast in the same way. Afterward I will go to the king, even though it violates the law. ²  If I perish, I perish!”

Romans 5:8

5:8 But God demonstrates his own love for us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.

Romans 16:4

16:4 who risked their own necks for my life. Not only I, but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.

Revelation 12:11

12:11 But ³  they overcame him

by the blood of the Lamb

and by the word of their testimony,

and they did not love their lives ⁴  so much that they were afraid to die.

¹ tn Heb “I and my female attendants.” The translation reverses the order for stylistic reasons.

² tn Heb “which is not according to the law” (so KJV, NASB); NAB “contrary to the law.”

³ tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “but” to indicate the contrast.

⁴ sn They did not love their lives. See Matt 16:25; Luke 17:33; John 12:25.