2 Corinthians 10:1

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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

The salutation of me Paul I write with my own hand.

Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ will profit you nothing.

The salutation of me Paul by my own hand, which is the token in every epistle; for so I write,

I would rather intreat thee out of love to me, being such a one as Paul the aged, and now a prisoner too for the sake of Jesus Christ.

I John, who am also your brother, and companion in the affliction, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the island called Patmos, for the sake of the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Beseech

but being absent am bold towards you, yea I intreat you, that I may not be bold, when I am present, with that confidence, wherewith I think to proceed against some, who censure us as walking after the flesh.

We are therefore ambassadors for Christ, and as God exhorteth you by us, we intreat you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.

And we co-operating with Him do also exhort you that ye receive not the grace of God in vain:

I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, and well-pleasing to God, as your rational service.

I therefore, a prisoner for the sake of the Lord, exhort you to walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all humility and meekness;

Dearly beloved, I exhort you as strangers and sojourners here, to abstain from carnal lusts, which war against the soul:

By

Take but my yoke upon you, and learn of me, (for I am meek and lowly in heart,) and ye shall find refreshment to your souls:

nor cry aloud, nor shall any one hear his voice in the streets:

behold, thy king cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, even a colt the fole of an ass.

And the portion of scripture, which he was reading, was this, "He was led as a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before it's shearer is dumb, so He opened not his mouth:

Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:

Presence

Do ye look at things according to the outward appearance? If any one is confident in himself that he is Christ's, let him consider this again of himself, that as he is Christ's, so we also are Christ's.

Base

for his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

If I must boast, I will boast of the things which relate to my infirmity.

Of such a one I will boast; but of myself I will not boast, unless in my infirmities.

For if He was crucified as from weakness, yet He now liveth by the power of God: for we also are weak in Him, but shall live with Him by the power of God manifested to you.

And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.

We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ: we are weak, but ye are strong: ye are honoured, but we are despised.

But ye know that in the infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel to you at first:

General references

nor cry aloud, nor shall any one hear his voice in the streets:

And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.