2 Corinthians 11:2

Paul Defends His Apostleship

¹ Would that ye could bear with me in a little foolishness: but indeed ye do bear with me. ² For I am jealous over you with a godly jealousy: for I espoused you to one husband, that I might present you as a pure virgin to Christ. ³ But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve in his craftiness, your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity and the purity that is toward Christ.

With God

Christ

Messiah

Isaiah 54:5

For thy Maker is thy husband; Jehovah of hosts is his name: and the Holy One of Israel is thy Redeemer; 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 justice, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.

Colossians 1:28

whom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ;

Genesis 24:2-5

And Abraham said unto his servant, the elder of his house, that 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 more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzi-bah, and thy land Beulah; for Jehovah delighteth 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 is the widow of a priest.

John 3:29

He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, that standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is made full.

Romans 7:4

Wherefore, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ; that ye should be joined to another, even to him who was raised from the dead, that we might bring forth fruit unto God.

1 Corinthians 4:15

For though ye have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I begat you through the gospel.

2 Corinthians 4:14

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

Galatians 4:11

I am afraid of you, lest by any means I have bestowed labor upon you in vain.

Galatians 4:17-19

They zealously seek you in no good way; nay, they desire to shut you out, that ye may seek them.

Ephesians 5:26-27

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,

Philippians 1:8

For God is my witness, how I long after you all in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.

1 Thessalonians 2:11

as ye know how we dealt with each one of you, as a father with his own children, exhorting you, and encouraging you , and testifying,