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 makes us adequate [as] servants of a new covenant, not of the letter, but of the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

but commending ourselves as servants of God in every [way], in much endurance, in afflictions, in distresses, in difficulties,

Therefore, what is Apollos and what is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, and to each as the Lord gave.

Thus let a person consider us as servants of Christ and stewards of God's mysteries.

and we sent Timothy, our brother and fellow worker for God in the gospel of Christ, in order to strengthen and to encourage you about your faith,

[By] teaching these [things] to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, trained in the words of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed faithfully.

I am

For I consider myself in no way to be inferior to the preeminent apostles.

I have become a fool! You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for [I am] in no way inferior to the preeminent apostles, even if I am nothing.

In labours

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been in vain, but I labored even more than all of them, and not I, but the grace of God with me.

for which [purpose] also I labor, striving according to his working which is at work powerfully in me.

In stripes

Five times I received at the hands of the Jews forty [lashes] less one.

but commending ourselves as servants of God in every [way], in much endurance, in afflictions, in distresses, in difficulties,

For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name."

In prisons

For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name."

Having received such an order, {he} put them in the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.

except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in town [after town], saying that bonds and persecutions await me.

And he came to us and took Paul's belt. Tying up his own feet and hands, he said, "This is what the Holy Spirit says: 'In this way the Jews in Jerusalem will tie up the man whose belt this is, and will deliver [him] into the hands of the Gentiles.'"

At the same time he was also hoping that money would be given to him by Paul. For this reason also he sent for him as often as possible [and] talked with him.

And while they were staying there many days, Festus laid out the [case] against Paul to the king, saying, "There is a certain man left behind by Felix [as] a prisoner,

And when it was decided [that] we would sail away to Italy, they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion {named} Julius of the Augustan Cohort.

And when we entered into Rome, Paul was allowed to stay by himself with the soldier who was guarding him.

On account of this I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles

Therefore I, the prisoner in the Lord, exhort you to live in a manner worthy of the calling with which you were called:

for the sake of which I am an ambassador in chains, that {in them} I may speak freely, as it is necessary for me to speak.

so that my imprisonment in Christ has become known in the whole praetorium and to all the rest,

Therefore, do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor me his prisoner, but suffer along with [me] for the gospel, according to the power of God,

in connection with which I suffer misfortune to the point of {imprisonment} as a criminal, but the word of God is not bound.

instead I appeal to [you] because of love, [since I] am such a one as Paul, now an old man and also a prisoner of Christ Jesus.

For you both sympathized with the prisoners and put up with the seizure of your belongings with joy [because you] knew that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.

In deaths

But [we] ourselves had the sentence of death in ourselves, so that we would not be putting confidence in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,

For we who are alive [are] continually being handed over to death because of Jesus, in order that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal flesh.

as unknown and [yet] known completely, as dying, and behold, we go on living, as disciplined, and [yet] not put to death,

But Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium, and [when they] had won over the crowds and stoned Paul, they dragged [him] outside the city, thinking he was dead.

And why are we in danger every hour?

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

Now I rejoice in my sufferings on behalf of you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking of the afflictions of Christ, on behalf of his body which is the church,

General references

And Jeremiah instructed Baruch, {saying}, "I [am] held back, I am not able to enter the temple of Yahweh.

And the greatest among you will be your servant.

And they laid hands on the apostles and put them in the public prison.

And why are we in danger every hour?