2 Corinthians 3:12

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,

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Referenced Verses

2 Cor 7:4 : 4 Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying on your behalf: I am filled with comfort, I overflow with joy in all our affliction.
1 Thess 2:2 : 2 but {G2532} having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as ye know, at Philippi, we waxed bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God in much conflict.
Acts 4:13 : 13 Now when they beheld the boldness of Peter and John, and had perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.
Acts 4:29-31 : 29 And now, Lord, look upon their threatenings: and grant unto thy servants to speak thy word with all boldness, 30 while thy stretchest forth thy {G4571} hand to heal; and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of thy holy Servant Jesus. 31 And when they had prayed, the place was shaken wherein {G1722} they were gathered together; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spake the word of God with boldness.
Acts 9:27 : 27 But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and declared unto them how he had seen the Lord in the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus.
Acts 9:29 : 29 {G2532} preaching boldly in the name of the Lord: {G2424} and he spake and disputed against the Grecian Jews; but they were seeking to kill him.
Acts 14:3 : 3 Long time therefore {G3303} they tarried [there] speaking boldly in the Lord, who bare witness unto the word of his grace, {G2532} granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.
1 Cor 14:19 : 19 howbeit in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that I might instruct others also, than ten thousand words in a tongue.
2 Cor 4:2-3 : 2 but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God. 3 And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled in them that perish:
2 Cor 4:13 : 13 But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, I believed, and therefore did I speak; we also believe, and therefore also we speak;
1 Tim 3:13 : 13 For they that have served well as deacons gain to themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
John 10:24 : 24 The Jews therefore came round about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou hold us in suspense? If thou art the Christ, tell us plainly.
John 16:25 : 25 These things have I spoken unto you in dark sayings: the hour cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in dark sayings, but shall tell you plainly of the Father.
John 16:29 : 29 His disciples say, {G3004} {G846} Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no dark saying.
2 Cor 10:1 : 1 Now I Paul myself entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am of good courage toward you:
Eph 6:19-20 : 19 And on my behalf, that utterance may be given unto me in opening my mouth, to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel, 20 for which I am an ambassador in chains; that in it I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
Phil 1:20 : 20 according to my earnest expectation and hope, that in nothing shall I be put to shame, but [that] with all boldness, as always, [so] now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death.
Col 4:4 : 4 that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

Eph 3:12
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12in whom we have boldness and access in confidence through our faith in him.
2 Cor 3:13
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13and [are] not as Moses, [who] put a veil upon his face, that the children of Israel should not look stedfastly on the end of that which was passing away:
2 Cor 3:10-11
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10For verily that which hath been made glorious hath not been made glorious in this respect, by reason of the glory that surpasseth.
11For if that which passeth away [was] with glory, much more that which remaineth [is] in glory.
2 Cor 3:4
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4And such confidence have we through Christ to God-ward:
2 Cor 4:1-2
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1Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we faint not:
2but we have renounced the hidden things of shame, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God deceitfully; but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every man's conscience in the sight of God.
2 Cor 1:12-13
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12For our glorifying is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in holiness and sincerity of God, not in fleshly wisdom but in the grace of God, we behaved ourselves in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward.
13For we write no other things unto you, than {G2228} what ye read or even acknowledge, and I hope {G3754} ye will acknowledge {G2532} unto the end:
Heb 6:19
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19which we have as an anchor of the soul, [a hope] both sure and stedfast and entering into that which is within the veil;
2 Cor 10:15
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15not glorying {G1519} {G3588} beyond [our] measure, [that is,] in other men's labors; but having hope that, as your faith groweth, we shall be magnified in you according to our province unto [further] abundance,
2 Cor 4:12-13
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12So then death {G3303} worketh in us, but life in you.
13But having the same spirit of faith, according to that which is written, I believed, and therefore did I speak; we also believe, and therefore also we speak;
2 Cor 5:11-12
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11Knowing therefore the fear of the Lord, we persuade men, but we are made manifest unto God; and I hope that we are made manifest also in your consciences.
12We are not again commending ourselves unto you, but [speak] as giving you occasion of glorying on our behalf, that ye may have wherewith to answer them that glory in appearance, and not in heart.
Heb 10:19
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19Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holy place by the blood of Jesus,
Rom 8:24-25
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24For in hope were we saved: but hope that is seen is not hope: for {G5101} who {G2532} hopeth for that which he seeth?
25But if we hope for that which we see not, [then] do we with patience wait for it.
2 Cor 3:18
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18But we all, with unveiled face beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord, are transformed into the same image from glory to glory, even as from the Lord the Spirit.
2 Cor 2:17
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17For we are not as the many, corrupting the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God, speak we in Christ.
Phlm 1:8
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8Wherefore, though I have all boldness in Christ to enjoin thee that which is befitting,
Heb 3:6
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6but Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we hold fast our boldness and the glorying of our hope firm unto the end.
Heb 6:11
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11And we desire that each one of you may show the same diligence unto the fulness of hope even to the end:
2 Cor 5:7
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7(for we walk by faith, not by sight);
1 Pet 1:13
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13Wherefore girding up the loins of your mind, be sober and set your hope perfectly on the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ;
2 Cor 5:3
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3if so be that being clothed we shall not be found naked.
1 Thess 2:2-5
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2but {G2532} having suffered before and been shamefully treated, as ye know, at Philippi, we waxed bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God in much conflict.
3For our exhortation [is] not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile:
4but even as we have been approved of God to be intrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God who proveth our hearts.
5For neither at any time were we found using words of flattery, as ye know, nor a cloak of covetousness, God is witness;
Col 4:4
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4that I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.
Phil 1:14
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14and that most of the brethren in the Lord, being confident through my bonds, are more abundantly bold to speak the word of God without fear.
2 Cor 11:6
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6But though [I be] rude in speech, yet [am I] not in knowledge; nay, in every way have we made [this] manifest unto you in all things.
2 Cor 12:19
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19{G3825} Ye think all this time that we are excusing ourselves unto you. In the sight of God speak we in Christ. But all things, beloved, [are] for your edifying.
1 John 3:2-3
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2Beloved, now are we children of God, and it is not yet made manifest what we shall be. We know that, if he shall be manifested, we shall be like him; for we shall see him even as he is.
3And every one that hath this hope [set] on him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
Rom 5:2
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2through whom also we have had our access by faith into this grace wherein we stand; and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.
Titus 2:8
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8sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of us.
Heb 4:16
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16Let us therefore draw near with boldness unto the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and may find grace to help [us] in time of need.
2 Cor 3:7
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7But if the ministration of death, written, [and] engraven on stones, came with glory, so that the children of Israel could not look stedfastly upon the face of Moses for the glory of his face; which [glory] was passing away:
Acts 4:20
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20for we {G1410} cannot but speak the things which we saw and heard.
Heb 12:1
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1Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,
Titus 2:13
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13looking for the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ;
Col 1:5
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5because of the hope which is laid up for you in the heavens, whereof ye heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel,
2 Cor 10:2
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2yea, I beseech you, that I may not when present show courage with the confidence wherewith I count to be bold against some, who count of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
2 Cor 4:7
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7But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves;
Heb 13:18
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18Pray for us: for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, desiring to live honorably in all things.
2 Pet 3:13-14
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13But, according to his promise, we look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein {G3739} dwelleth righteousness.
14Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for these things, give diligence that ye may be found in peace, without spot and blameless in his sight.
2 Cor 10:11
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11Let such a one reckon this, that, what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such [are we] also in deed when we are present.