2 Corinthians 11:2

Paul Defends His Apostleship

¹ I wish ye could bear with me a little in my folly and indeed bear with me. ² For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I betrothed you to one husband, so that to Christ I might present you as a pure virgin. ³ But I fear that as the serpent deceived Eve through his craftiness, so your senses should be corrupted in some way, and ye should fall from the simplicity that is in the Christ.

With God

Christ

Messiah

Isaiah 54:5

For thy Maker shall be thine husband; the LORD of the hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.

Hosea 2:19-20

And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness and in judgment and in mercy.

Colossians 1:28

whom we preach, warning every man and teaching in all wisdom that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus,

Genesis 24:2-5

And Abraham said unto his eldest slave of his house, who ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh,

Genesis 24:58-67

And they called Rebekah and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.

Leviticus 21:13-15

And he shall take a wife in her virginity.

Psalm 45:10-11

Hearken, O daughter, and consider and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house;

Isaiah 62:4-5

Thou shalt no longer be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any longer be termed Desolate; but thou shalt be called Hephzibah and thy land Beulah; ; for the will of the LORD shall be in thee, and thy land shall be married.

Ezekiel 44:22

Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.

John 3:29

He that has the bride is the bridegroom, but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice; this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

Romans 7:4

Likewise ye also, my brethren, are become dead to the law in the body of the Christ that ye should belong to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.

1 Corinthians 4:15

For though ye may have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet ye shall not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

2 Corinthians 4:14

knowing that he who raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise us up also by Jesus and shall present us with you.

Galatians 4:11

I am afraid for you, lest I have bestowed labour upon you in vain.

Galatians 4:17-19

They are zealous after you, but not for good; they would exclude you from us, that ye might be zealous after them.

Ephesians 5:26-27

that he might sanctify and cleanse her in the washing of water by the word,

Philippians 1:8

For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.

1 Thessalonians 2:11

as ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father with his children,