2 Corinthians 12:20
2 Corinthians · New Testament · Chapter 12
“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:”2 Corinthians 12:20
What Does 2 Corinthians 12:20 Mean?
2 Corinthians 12:20 is found in the book of 2 Corinthians, chapter 12, verse 20 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 12:20 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Philippians 2:3“Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.”Galatians 5:19“Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,”Revelation 3:15“I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot.”James 3:14“But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.”Romans 1:29“Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,”1 Corinthians 3:3“For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?”Galatians 5:15“But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.”Colossians 3:8“But now ye also put off all these; anger, wrath, malice, blasphemy, filthy communication out of your mouth.”2 Corinthians 11:3“But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.”Philippians 2:14“Do all things without murmurings and disputings:”1 Peter 2:1“Wherefore laying aside all malice, and all guile, and hypocrisies, and envies, and all evil speakings,”Psalms 31:20“Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.”Matthew 13:47“Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind:”1 Corinthians 1:11“For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.”1 Corinthians 4:21“What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness?”Titus 3:3“For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.”James 4:11“Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law: but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.”Proverbs 16:28“A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.”Ezekiel 18:24“But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? All his righteousness that he hath done shall not be mentioned: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.”2 Corinthians 10:11“Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.”
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