2 Corinthians 11:20

American Standard Version (1901)

For ye bear with a man, if he bringeth you into bondage, if he devoureth you, if he taketh you [captive], if he exalteth himself, if he smiteth you on the face.

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  • Gal 2:4 : 4 and that because of the false brethren privily brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
  • Gal 4:3 : 3 So we also, when we were children, were held in bondage under the rudiments of the world:
  • Gal 4:9 : 9 but now that ye have come to know God, or rather to be known by God, how turn ye back again to the weak and beggarly rudiments, whereunto ye desire to be in bondage over again?
  • Gal 5:1 : 1 For freedom did Christ set us free: stand fast therefore, and be not entangled again in a yoke of bondage.
  • 2 Cor 1:24 : 24 Not that we have lordship over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for in faith ye stand fast.
  • Gal 5:10 : 10 I have confidence to you-ward in the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgment, whosoever he be.
  • Gal 6:12 : 12 As many as desire to make a fair show in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.
  • Phil 3:19 : 19 whose end is perdition, whose god is the belly, and [whose] glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.
  • 1 Thess 2:5 : 5 For neither at any time were we found using words of flattery, as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness, God is witness;
  • Gal 4:25 : 25 Now this Hagar is mount Sinai in Arabia and answereth to the Jerusalem that now is: for she is in bondage with her children.
  • Isa 50:6 : 6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting.
  • Lam 3:30 : 30 Let him give his cheek to him that smiteth him; let him be filled full with reproach.
  • Luke 6:29 : 29 To him that smiteth thee on the [one] cheek offer also the other; and from him that taketh away thy cloak withhold not thy coat also.
  • Rom 16:17-18 : 17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them that are causing the divisions and occasions of stumbling, contrary to the doctrine which ye learned: and turn away from them. 18 For they that are such serve not our Lord Christ, but their own belly; and by their smooth and fair speech they beguile the hearts of the innocent.
  • 1 Cor 4:11 : 11 Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling-place;

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    19For ye bear with the foolish gladly, being wise [yourselves] .

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    18Servants, [be] in subjection to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.

    19For this is acceptable, if for conscience toward God a man endureth griefs, suffering wrongfully.

    20For what glory is it, if, when ye sin, and are buffeted [for it], ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer [for it], ye shall take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

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    21I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet whereinsoever any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.

  • Gal 5:15
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    15But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.

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    16I say again, let no man think me foolish; but if [ye do], yet as foolish receive me, that I also may glory a little.

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    5But if any hath caused sorrow, he hath caused sorrow, not to me, but in part (that I press not too heavily) to you all.

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  • 1 Cor 4:10-12
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    10We are fools for Christ's sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye have glory, but we have dishonor.

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    33partly, being made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, becoming partakers with them that were so used.

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    25burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

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    14For ye, brethren, became imitators of the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus: for ye also suffered the same things of your own countrymen, even as they did of the Jews;

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    4Did ye suffer so many things in vain? if it be indeed in vain.

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    29To him that smiteth thee on the [one] cheek offer also the other; and from him that taketh away thy cloak withhold not thy coat also.

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