2 Corinthians 11:2

Paul Defends His Apostleship

¹ Would that ye would bear with me in a little folly; but indeed bear with me. ² For I am jealous as to you with a jealousy which is of God; for I have espoused you unto one man, to present you a chaste virgin to Christ. ³ But I fear lest by any means, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craft, so your thoughts should be corrupted from simplicity as to the Christ.

With God

Christ

Messiah

Isaiah 54:5

For thy Maker is thy husband: Jehovah of 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; and I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving-kindness, and in mercies;

Colossians 1:28

whom we announce, admonishing every man, and teaching every man, in all wisdom, to the end that we may present every man perfect in Christ.

Genesis 24:2-5

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

Genesis 24:58-67

And they called Rebecca and said to 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, daughter, and see, and incline thine ear; and forget 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, My delight is in her, and thy land, Married; for Jehovah delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.

Ezekiel 44:22

And they shall not take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away; but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that is the widow of a priest.

John 3:29

He that has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices in heart because of the voice of the bridegroom: this my joy then is fulfilled.

Romans 7:4

So that, my brethren, ye also have been made dead to the law by the body of the Christ, to be to another, who has been raised up from among the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.

1 Corinthians 4:15

For if ye should have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the glad tidings.

2 Corinthians 4:14

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

Galatians 4:11

I am afraid of you, lest indeed I have laboured in vain as to you.

Galatians 4:17-19

They are not rightly zealous after you, but desire to shut you out from us, that ye may be zealous after them.

Ephesians 5:26-27

in order that he might sanctify it, purifying it by the washing of water by the word,

Philippians 1:8

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

1 Thessalonians 2:11

as ye know how, as a father his own children, we used to exhort each one of you, and comfort and testify,