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 made us adequate to be servants of a new covenant not based on the letter but on the Spirit, for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

But as God's servants, we have commended ourselves in every way, with great endurance, in persecutions, in difficulties, in distresses,

What is Apollos, really? Or what is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, and each of us in the ministry the Lord gave us.

One should think about us this way -- as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

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

By pointing out such things to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, having nourished yourself on the words of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed.

I am

For I consider myself not at all inferior to those "super-apostles."

I have become a fool. You yourselves forced me to do it, for I should have been commended by you. For I lack nothing in comparison to those "super-apostles," even though 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. In fact, I worked harder than all of them -- yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

Toward this goal I also labor, struggling according to his power that powerfully works in me.

In stripes

Five times I received from the Jews forty lashes less one.

But as God's servants, we have commended ourselves in every way, with great endurance, in persecutions, in difficulties, in distresses,

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."

Receiving such orders, he threw them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.

except that the Holy Spirit warns me in town after town that imprisonment and persecutions are waiting for me.

He came to us, took Paul's belt, tied his own hands and feet with it, and said, "The Holy Spirit says this: 'This is the way the Jews in Jerusalem will tie up the man whose belt this is, and will hand him over to the Gentiles.'"

At the same time he was also hoping that Paul would give him money, and for this reason he sent for Paul as often as possible and talked with him.

While they were staying there many days, Festus explained Paul's case to the king to get his opinion, saying, "There is a man left here as a prisoner by Felix.

When it was decided we would sail to Italy, they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan Cohort named Julius.

When we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to live by himself, with the soldier who was guarding him.

For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles --

I, therefore, the prisoner for the Lord, urge you to live worthily of the calling with which you have been called,

for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may be able to speak boldly as I ought to speak.

The whole imperial guard and everyone else knows that I am in prison for the sake of Christ,

So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me, a prisoner for his sake, but by God's power accept your share of suffering for the gospel.

for which I suffer hardship to the point of imprisonment as a criminal, but God's message is not imprisoned!

I would rather appeal to you on the basis of love -- I, Paul, an old man and even now a prisoner for the sake of Christ Jesus --

For in fact you shared the sufferings of those in prison, and you accepted the confiscation of your belongings with joy, because you knew that you certainly had a better and lasting possession.

In deaths

Indeed we felt as if the sentence of death had been passed against us, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead.

For we who are alive are constantly being handed over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be made visible in our mortal body.

as unknown, and yet well-known; as dying and yet -- see! -- we continue to live; as those who are scourged and yet not executed;

But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and after winning the crowds over, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, presuming him to be dead.

Why too are we in danger every hour?

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

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my physical body -- for the sake of his body, the church -- what is lacking in the sufferings of Christ.

General references

Then Jeremiah told Baruch, "I am no longer allowed to go into the Lord's temple.

The greatest among you will be your servant.

They laid hands on the apostles and put them in a public jail.

Why too are we in danger every hour?