2 Corinthians 5:13
2 Corinthians · New Testament · Chapter 5
“For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.”2 Corinthians 5:13
What Does 2 Corinthians 5:13 Mean?
2 Corinthians 5:13 is found in the book of 2 Corinthians, chapter 5, verse 13 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Self-Control.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to 2 Corinthians 5:13 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
2 Timothy 1:7“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.”Jeremiah 20:9“Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not stay.”2 Corinthians 11:16“I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.”Acts 26:24“And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.”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.”Mark 3:21“And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.”Romans 12:3“For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.”2 Corinthians 11:1“Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me.”1 Corinthians 4:10“We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.”Titus 2:2“That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.”2 Samuel 6:21“And David said unto Michal, It was before the LORD, which chose me before thy father, and before all his house, to appoint me ruler over the people of the LORD, over Israel: therefore will I play before the LORD.”2 Kings 9:11“Then Jehu came forth to the servants of his lord: and one said unto him, Is all well? wherefore came this mad fellow to thee? And he said unto them, Ye know the man, and his communication.”1 Chronicles 15:29“And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal, the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.”Job 32:18“For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.”Isaiah 59:15“Yea, truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey: and the LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.”Jeremiah 29:26“The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.”Hosea 9:7“The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.”2 Corinthians 12:11“I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.”2 Corinthians 7:12“Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.”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:”
People & Places
God
Study 2 Corinthians 5:13 in the ScriptureVerse app
Every verse in the app has a study sheet with its cross-references (OpenBible.info's 344,799) and commentary, and an AI Bible Teacher that shows the verses behind its answers. Coming to iPhone on February 10, 2027.
Join the waitlist