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 made us sufficient as servants of a New Covenant; not of the letter, but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

but in everything commending ourselves, as servants of God, in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,

Who then is Apollos, and who is Paul, but servants through whom you believed; and each as the Lord gave to him?

So let a man think of us as Christ's servants, and stewards of God's mysteries.

and sent Timothy, our brother and God's fellow worker in the Good News of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith;

If you instruct the brothers of these things, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished in the words of the faith, and of the good doctrine which you have followed.

I am

For I reckon that I am not at all behind the very best apostles.

I have become foolish. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for in nothing was I inferior to the very best apostles, though I am nothing.

In labours

But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was bestowed on me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

for which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.

In stripes

Five times from the Jews I received forty stripes minus one.

but in everything commending ourselves, as servants of God, in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,

For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake."

In prisons

For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake."

who, having received such a command, threw them into the inner prison, and secured their feet in the stocks.

except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions wait for me.

Coming to us, and taking Paul's belt, he bound his own feet and hands, and said, "Thus says the Holy Spirit: 'So will the Jews in Jerusalem bind the man who owns this belt, and will deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.'"

Meanwhile, he also hoped that money would be given to him by Paul. Therefore also he sent for him more often, and talked with him.

As they stayed there many days, Festus laid Paul's case before the king, saying, "There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix;

When it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan band.

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

For this cause I, Paul, am the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,

I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,

for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.

so that it became evident to the whole praetorian guard, and to all the rest, that my bonds are in Christ;

Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner; but endure hardship for the Good News according to the power of God,

in which I suffer hardship to the point of chains as a criminal. But God's word is not chained.

yet for love's sake I rather beg, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.

For you both had compassion on them that were in chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an enduring one.

In deaths

Yes, we ourselves have had the sentence of death within ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God who raises the dead,

For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus may be revealed in our mortal flesh.

as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and not killed;

But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there, and having persuaded the crowds, they stoned Paul, and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

Why do we also stand in jeopardy every hour?

Yes, and if I am poured out on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church;

General references

Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, "I am shut up; I can't go into the house of the LORD:

But he who is greatest among you will be your servant.

and laid hands on the apostles, and put them in public custody.

Why do we also stand in jeopardy every hour?