2 Corinthians 11:23

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2 Corinthians 11:23

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Summary

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.

Ministers

I am

2 Corinthians 11:5

2 Corinthians 12:11

In labours

1 Corinthians 15:10

Colossians 1:29

In stripes

2 Corinthians 11:24

2 Corinthians 6:4

Acts 9:16

In prisons

In deaths

Colossians 1:24

General references

Bible References

Ministers

Who also hath made us sufficient to be ministers of a new covenant - not of letter, but of spirit, for, the letter, killeth, whereas, the Spirit, maketh alive.

But, in everything, commending ourselves as God's ministers, - in much endurance, in tribulations, in necessities, in straits,

What then is Apollos? and, what is Paul? ministers through whom ye believed, and, each, as the Lord, gave to him.

Let a man, so, be reckoning of us, as officers of Christ, and stewards of sacred secrets of God.

And sent Timothy - our brother, and God's minister in the glad-message of the Christ - that he might confirm and console you over your faith,

These things, submitting to the brethren, thou shall be, a noble, minister of Christ Jesus, nourishing thyself with the words of the faith, and of the noble teaching which thou hast closely studied.

I am

For I reckon not to have come a whit behind the exceeding overmuch apostles;

I have become foolish, - ye, compelled me: - I, in fact, ought, by you, to have been commended; for, not a whit, have I come behind the exceeding overmuch apostles, - even if I am nothing:

In labours

But, by favour of God, I am what I am, and, his favour, which was unto me, hath not been made void, - but, much more abundantly than they all, have I toiled, albeit not, I, but the favour of God with me.

Unto which I am even toiling, contending according to his energy which is energising itself in me with power.

In stripes

From Jews, five times, forty-save-one, have I received,

But, in everything, commending ourselves as God's ministers, - in much endurance, in tribulations, in necessities, in straits,

For, I, will let him understand how many things he must needs, for my name, suffer.

In prisons

For, I, will let him understand how many things he must needs, for my name, suffer.

who, a charge like this receiving, thrust them into the inner prison, and, their feet, made he fast in the stocks.

save that, the Holy Spirit, from city to city, doth bear me full witness, saying that, bonds and tribulations, await me.

and, coming unto us, and taking Paul's girdle, he bound his own feet and hands, and said - Thus, saith the Holy Spirit, the man whose this girdle is, shall the Jews thus bind in Jerusalem, and deliver up into the hands of Gentiles.

at the same time, also hoping that, money, would be given him by Paul; wherefore also, the more frequently sending for him, he used to converse with him.

And, as they were spending more days there, Festus, repeated, unto the king, the things relating to Paul, saying - A certain man, hath been left behind by Felix, as a prisoner;

Now, when it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they proceeded to deliver Paul, and certain other prisoners, unto a centurion by name Julius, of an Augustan band.

And, when we entered into Rome, Paul was suffered to abide by himself, with the soldier that guarded him.

For this cause, I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus in behalf of you the nations: -

I exhort you, therefore, I, the prisoner in the Lord, to walk in a manner worthy of the calling wherewith ye were called: -

In behalf of which I am conducting an embassy in chains, that, therein, I may use freedom of utterance as it is needful for me to speak.

So that, my bonds, have become manifest in Christ, in the whole palace, and unto all the rest, -

Be not thou, therefore, put to shame - with regard to the witness of our Lord, nor with regard to me his prisoner; but suffer hardship together with the glad-message according to the power of God, -

In which I am suffering hardship, even unto bonds, as an evil-doer; but, the word of God, is not bound.

Yet, for loves sake, I rather exhort, - being, such a one, as Paul the aged, now, also, even a prisoner of Christ Jesus, -

For, even with them who were in bonds, ye sympathised, and, unto the seizure of your goods, with joy, ye bade welcome, - knowing that ye have yourselves, for a better possession and an abiding.

In deaths

But, we ourselves, within ourselves, have had the sentence of death, that we might not rest our confidence upon ourselves, but upon God, who raiseth the dead,

For, evermore, we, the living, unto death are being delivered, for Jesus' sake, in order that, the life also of Jesus, may be made manifest in our mortal flesh:

as unknown, and yet well-known, as dying, and lo! we live, as disciplined, and yet not put to death,

But there came thither, from Antioch and Iconium, Jews, and, persuading the multitudes, and stoning Paul, they dragged him outside the city, supposing him to be dead.

Why also are, we, running into peril every hour?

Nay! if I am even to be poured out as a drink-offering, upon the sacrifice and public ministry of your faith, I rejoice, yea rejoice together with you all, -

Now, am I rejoicing in the sufferings on your behalf, and am filling up the things that lack of the tribulations of the Christ, in my flesh, in behalf of his body, which is the assembly,

General references

Then did Jeremiah command Baruch, saying, - I, am hindered, I cannot enter the house of Yahweh;

And, the greatest of you, shall be to you, a minister;

And thrust their hands upon the Apostles, and put them in a public ward.

Why also are, we, running into peril every hour?