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

He has made us competent to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit produces life.

But as God’s ministers, we commend ourselves in everything:

by great endurance, by afflictions,
by hardship, by difficulties,

What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, and each has the role the Lord has given.

A person should consider us in this way: as servants of Christ and managers of God’s mysteries.

And we sent Timothy, our brother and God’s coworker in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you concerning your faith,

If you point these things out to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished by the words of the faith and the good teaching that you have followed.

I am

Now I consider myself in no way inferior to the “super-apostles.”

I have become a fool; you forced it on me. I should have been endorsed by you, since I am not in any way inferior to the “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

In labours

But by God’s grace I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not ineffective. However, I worked more than any of them, yet not I, but God’s grace that was with me.

I labor for this, striving with His strength that works powerfully in me.

In stripes

Five times I received 39 lashes from Jews.

But as God’s ministers, we commend ourselves in everything:

by great endurance, by afflictions,
by hardship, by difficulties,

I will show him how much he must suffer for My name!”

In prisons

I will show him how much he must suffer for My name!”

Receiving such an order, he put them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks.

except that in town after town the Holy Spirit testifies to me that chains and afflictions are waiting for me.

He came to us, took Paul’s belt, tied his own feet and hands, and said, “This is what the Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into Gentile hands.’”

At the same time he was also hoping that money would be given to him by Paul. For this reason he sent for him quite often and conversed with him.

Since they stayed there many days, Festus presented Paul’s case to the king, saying, “There’s a man who was left as a prisoner by Felix.

When it was decided that we were to sail to Italy, they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Imperial Regiment.

When we entered Rome, Paul was permitted to stay by himself with the soldier who guarded him.

For this reason, I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles—

Therefore I, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk worthy of the calling you have received,

For this I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I might be bold enough in Him to speak as I should.

so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard, and to everyone else, that my imprisonment is in the cause of Christ.

So don’t be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, or of me His prisoner. Instead, share in suffering for the gospel, relying on the power of God.

I suffer for it to the point of being bound like a criminal, but God’s message is not bound.

I appeal to you, instead, on the basis of love. I, Paul, as an elderly man and now also as a prisoner of Christ Jesus,

For you sympathized with the prisoners and accepted with joy the confiscation of your possessions, knowing that you yourselves have a better and enduring possession.

In deaths

Indeed, we personally had a death sentence within ourselves, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.

For we who live are always given over to death because of Jesus, so that Jesus’ life may also be revealed in our mortal flesh.

as unknown yet recognized;
as dying and look—we live;
as being disciplined yet not killed;

Then some Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and when they had won over the crowds and stoned Paul, they dragged him out of the city, thinking he was dead.

Why are we in danger every hour?

But even if I am poured out as a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I am completing in my flesh what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for His body, that is, the church.

General references

Then Jeremiah commanded Baruch, “I am restricted; I cannot enter the temple of the Lord,

The greatest among you will be your servant.

So they arrested the apostles and put them in the city jail.

Why are we in danger every hour?