2 Corinthians 10:8
2 Corinthians · New Testament · Chapter 10
“For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:”2 Corinthians 10:8
What Does 2 Corinthians 10:8 Mean?
2 Corinthians 10:8 is found in the book of 2 Corinthians, chapter 10, verse 8 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to 2 Corinthians 10:8 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
2 Corinthians 13:10“Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.”Philippians 1:20“According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death.”Acts 9:31“Then had the churches rest throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.”2 Corinthians 12:19“Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.”2 Corinthians 13:2“I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:”2 Corinthians 13:3“Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.”2 Timothy 1:12“For the which cause I also suffer these things: nevertheless I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.”Philemon 1:8“Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient,”2 Corinthians 1:24“Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.”2 Corinthians 3:1“Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?”2 Corinthians 7:9“Now I rejoice, not that ye were made sorry, but that ye sorrowed to repentance: for ye were made sorry after a godly manner, that ye might receive damage by us in nothing.”2 Corinthians 12:6“For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.”2 Corinthians 13:8“For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.”Galatians 1:1“Paul, an apostle, (not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead;)”1 Corinthians 4:21“What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?”1 Corinthians 7:40“But she is happier if she so abide, after my judgment: and I think also that I have the Spirit of God.”2 Corinthians 5:12“For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart.”2 Corinthians 7:14“For if I have boasted any thing to him of you, I am not ashamed; but as we spake all things to you in truth, even so our boasting, which I made before Titus, is found a truth.”2 Thessalonians 3:15“Yet count him not as an enemy, but admonish him as a brother.”2 Corinthians 12:20“For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:”
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