2 Corinthians 10:1

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:

I paul

Revelation 1:9

Beseech

By

1 Peter 2:22

Presence

2 Corinthians 10:7

Base

Galatians 4:13

General references

Matthew 12:19

1 Corinthians 2:3

Bible References

I paul

This farewell I, Paul, add in my own hand.

Why, I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ can do nothing for you.

This greeting is in my own hand, Paul's; it is the mark in every letter of mine. This is the way I write.

I prefer to appeal to you in the name of love, simply as what I am??aul, no less an envoy of Christ Jesus, though now a prisoner for him

I, John, your brother and companion in the distress, the kingdom, and the endurance that Jesus brings, found myself on the island called Patmos, for uttering God's message and testifying to Jesus.

Beseech

I beg you not to make me take as bold an attitude when I come, as I count on taking toward some people who suspect me of acting from worldly motives.

It is for Christ, therefore, that I am an envoy, seeing that God makes his appeal through me. On Christ's behalf I beg you to be reconciled to God.

As God's fellow-worker, I appeal to you, too, not to accept the favor of God and then waste it.

I appeal to you, therefore, brothers, by this mercy of God, to offer your bodies in a living sacrifice that will be holy and acceptable to God; that is your rational worship.

So I, the prisoner for the Lord's sake, appeal to you to live lives worthy of the summons you have received;

Dear friends, I beg you, as aliens and exiles here, not to indulge the physical cravings that are at war with the soul.

By

Let my yoke be put upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble-minded, and your hearts will find rest,

He will not wrangle or make an outcry, And no one will hear his voice in the streets;

"Tell the daughter of Zion, 'Here is your king coming to you, Gentle, and riding on an ass, And on the foal of a beast of burden.' "

This was the passage of Scripture that he was reading: "Like a sheep he was led away to be slaughtered, And just as a lamb is dumb before its shearer, He does not open his mouth.

He committed no sin, and deceit was never on his lips.

Presence

You look at things externally. If anyone is sure he belongs to Christ, let him think again and understand that I belong to Christ just as much as he.

Base

For they say, "His letters are impressive and telling, but his personal appearance is insignificant and as a speaker he amounts to nothing."

If there must be boasting, I will boast of the things that show my weakness!

On this man's account I am ready to boast, but about myself I will boast only of my weaknesses.

Even if he was crucified through weakness, by the power of God he is alive. For we are weak as he was, but you will find that by the power of God we will be alive as he is.

For my part, I came among you in weakness and with a great deal of fear and trembling,

We are made fools of, for the sake of Christ, while you are men of sense, through being united with him. We are weak, you are strong. You are distinguished, we are despised.

though you know that it was because of an illness that I preached the good news to you that first time;

General references

He will not wrangle or make an outcry, And no one will hear his voice in the streets;

For my part, I came among you in weakness and with a great deal of fear and trembling,