2 Corinthians 11:2

Paul Defends His Apostleship

¹ O that ye were bearing with me a little of the folly, but ye also do bear with me: ² for I am zealous for you with zeal of God, for I did betroth you to one husband, a pure virgin, to present to Christ, ³ and I fear, lest, as the serpent did beguile Eve in his subtilty, so your minds may be corrupted from the simplicity that is in the Christ;

With God

Christ

Messiah

Isaiah 54:5

For thy Maker is thy husband, Jehovah of Hosts is His name, And thy Redeemer is the Holy One of Israel, 'God of all the earth,' He is called.

Hosea 2:19-20

And I have betrothed thee to Me to the age, And betrothed thee to Me in righteousness, And in judgment, and kindness, and mercies,

Colossians 1:28

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

Genesis 24:2-5

and Abraham saith unto his servant, the eldest of his house, who is ruling over all that he hath, 'Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh,

Genesis 24:58-67

and they call for Rebekah, and say unto her, 'Dost thou go with this man?' and she saith, 'I go.'

Leviticus 21:13-15

'And he taketh a wife in her virginity;

Psalm 45:10-11

Hearken, O daughter, and see, incline thine ear, And forget thy people, and thy father's house,

Isaiah 62:4-5

It is not said of thee any more, 'Forsaken!' And of thy land it is not said any more, 'Desolate,' For to thee is cried, 'My delight is in her,' And to thy land, 'Married,' For Jehovah hath delighted in thee, And thy land is married.

Ezekiel 44:22

And a widow and divorced woman they do not take to them for wives: but -- virgins of the seed of the house of Israel, and the widow who is widow of a priest, do they take.

John 3:29

he who is having the bride is bridegroom, and the friend of the bridegroom, who is standing and hearing him, with joy doth rejoice because of the voice of the bridegroom; this, then, my joy hath been fulfilled.

Romans 7:4

So that, my brethren, ye also were made dead to the law through the body of the Christ, for your becoming another's, who out of the dead was raised up, that we might bear fruit to God;

1 Corinthians 4:15

for if a myriad of child-conductors ye may have in Christ, yet not many fathers; for in Christ Jesus, through the good news, I -- I did beget you;

2 Corinthians 4:14

knowing that He who did raise up the Lord Jesus, us also through Jesus shall raise up, and shall present with you,

Galatians 4:11

I am afraid of you, lest in vain I did labour toward you.

Galatians 4:17-19

they are zealous for you -- yet not well, but they wish to shut us out, that for them ye may be zealous;

Ephesians 5:26-27

that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it with the bathing of the water in the saying,

Philippians 1:8

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

1 Thessalonians 2:11

even as ye have known, how each one of you, as a father his own children, we are exhorting you, and comforting, and testifying,