2 Corinthians 11:23
2 Corinthians · New Testament · Chapter 11
“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.”2 Corinthians 11:23
What Does 2 Corinthians 11:23 Mean?
2 Corinthians 11:23 is found in the book of 2 Corinthians, chapter 11, verse 23 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 11:23 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 34:19“Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the LORD delivereth him out of them all.”Proverbs 24:16“For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.”1 Corinthians 10:13“There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man: but God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above that ye are able; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.”2 Corinthians 4:17“For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;”2 Corinthians 6:4“But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,”Galatians 6:17“From henceforth let no man trouble me: for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.”1 Peter 1:6“Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:”Matthew 23:11“But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.”Romans 8:35“Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?”2 Corinthians 4:8“We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;”Acts 9:16“For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name’s sake.”Romans 5:3“And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;”1 Corinthians 4:11“Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;”2 Corinthians 1:9“But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead:”2 Corinthians 6:5“In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;”2 Corinthians 6:9“As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;”Philippians 3:8“Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ,”Colossians 1:24“Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:”1 Corinthians 15:10“But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.”2 Corinthians 11:24“Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.”
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