2 Corinthians 11:20

Bible in Basic English (1941)

You put up with a man if he makes servants of you, if he makes profit out of you, if he makes you prisoners, if he puts himself in a high place, if he gives you blows on the face.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gal 2:4 : 4 And that because of the false brothers let in secretly, who came searching out our free condition which we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might make servants of us;
  • Gal 4:3 : 3 So we, when we were young, were kept under the first rules of the world;
  • Gal 4:9 : 9 But now that you have come to have knowledge of God, or more truly, God has knowledge of you, how is it that you go back again to the poor and feeble first things, desiring to be servants to them again?
  • Gal 5:1 : 1 Christ has truly made us free: then keep your free condition and let no man put a yoke on you again.
  • 2 Cor 1:24 : 24 Not that we have authority over your faith, but we are helpers of your joy: for it is faith which is your support.
  • Gal 5:10 : 10 I am certain about you in the Lord, that you will be of no other mind; but he who is troubling you will have his punishment, whoever he is.
  • Gal 6:12 : 12 Those who have the desire to seem important in the flesh, put force on you to undergo circumcision; only that they may not be attacked because of the cross of Christ.
  • Phil 3:19 : 19 Whose end is destruction, whose god is the stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, whose minds are fixed on the things of the earth.
  • 1 Thess 2:5 : 5 For it is common knowledge among you that we never made use of smooth-sounding false words, and God is witness that at no time were we secretly desiring profit for ourselves,
  • Gal 4:25 : 25 Now this Hagar is the mountain Sinai in Arabia, and is the image of the Jerusalem which now is: which is a servant with her children.
  • Isa 50:6 : 6 I was offering my back to those who gave me blows, and my face to those who were pulling out my hair: I did not keep my face covered from marks of shame.
  • Lam 3:30 : 30 Let his face be turned to him who gives him blows; let him be full of shame.
  • Luke 6:29 : 29 If a man gives you a blow on one side of your face, then let the other side be turned to him; from him who takes away your coat, do not keep back your robe.
  • Rom 16:17-18 : 17 Now, it is my desire, brothers, that you will take note of those who are causing division and trouble among you, quite against the teaching which was given to you: and keep away from them. 18 For such people are not servants of the Lord Christ, but of their stomachs; and by their smooth and well-said words the hearts of those who have no knowledge of evil are tricked.
  • 1 Cor 4:11 : 11 Even to this hour we are without food, drink, and clothing, we are given blows and have no certain resting-place;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Cor 11:19
    82%

    19 For you put up with the foolish gladly, being wise yourselves.

  • 1 Pet 2:18-20
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    76%

    18 Servants, take orders from your masters with all respect; not only if they are good and gentle, but even if they are bad-humoured.

    19 For it is a sign of grace if a man, desiring to do right in the eyes of God, undergoes pain as punishment for something which he has not done.

    20 What credit is it if, when you have done evil, you take your punishment quietly? but if you are given punishment for doing right, and take it quietly, this is pleasing to God.

  • 2 Cor 11:21
    75%

    21 I say this by way of shaming ourselves, as if we had been feeble. But if anyone puts himself forward (I am talking like a foolish person), I will do the same.

  • Gal 5:15
    74%

    15 But if you are given to fighting with one another, take care that you are not the cause of destruction one to another.

  • 2 Cor 11:16
    73%

    16 I say again, Let me not seem foolish to anyone; but if I do, put up with me as such, so that I may take a little glory to myself.

  • 2 Cor 2:5-7
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    72%

    5 But if anyone has been a cause of sorrow, he has been so, not to me only, but in some measure to all of you (I say this that I may not be over-hard on you).

    6 Let it be enough for such a man to have undergone the punishment which the church put on him;

    7 So that now, on the other hand, it is right for him to have forgiveness and comfort from you, for fear that his sorrow may be over-great.

  • 1 Cor 4:10-12
    3 verses
    72%

    10 We are made to seem foolish for Christ, but you are wise in Christ; we are feeble, but you are strong; you have glory, but we have shame.

    11 Even to this hour we are without food, drink, and clothing, we are given blows and have no certain resting-place;

    12 And with our hands we do the hardest work: when they give us curses we give blessings, when we undergo punishment we take it quietly;

  • 2 Cor 11:1
    72%

    1 Put up with me if I am a little foolish: but, truly, you do put up with me.

  • Heb 10:33-34
    2 verses
    72%

    33 In part, in being attacked by angry words and cruel acts, before the eyes of everyone, and in part, in being united with those who were attacked in this way.

    34 For you had pity on those who were in prison, and had joy in the loss of your property, in the knowledge that you still had a better property and one which you would keep for ever.

  • Gal 4:15
    72%

    15 Where then is that happy condition of yours? because I give you witness, that, if possible, you would have taken out your eyes and given them to me.

  • Exod 21:25
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    25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, blow for blow.

  • 1 Thess 2:14
    71%

    14 For you, my brothers, took as your examples the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; because you underwent the same things from your countrymen as they did from the Jews;

  • Gal 3:4
    70%

    4 Did you undergo such a number of things to no purpose? if it is in fact to no purpose.

  • Luke 6:29
    70%

    29 If a man gives you a blow on one side of your face, then let the other side be turned to him; from him who takes away your coat, do not keep back your robe.

  • 1 Cor 6:7
    70%

    7 More than this, it is not to your credit to have causes at law with one another at all. Why not put up with wrong? why not undergo loss?

  • 2 Thess 1:4-6
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    70%

    4 So that we ourselves take pride in you in the churches of God for your untroubled mind and your faith in all the troubles and sorrows which you are going through;

    5 Which is a clear sign of the decision which God in his righteousness has made; to give you a part in his kingdom, for which you have undergone this pain;

    6 For it is an act of righteousness on God's part to give trouble as their reward to those who are troubling you,

  • 2 Cor 8:13
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    13 And I am not saying this so that others may get off free, while the weight comes on you:

  • 1 Cor 4:6
    70%

    6 My brothers, it is because of you that I have taken Apollos and myself as examples of these things, so that in us you might see that it is not wise to go farther than what is in the holy Writings, so that no one of you may be lifted up against his brother.

  • 1 Cor 9:11-12
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    70%

    11 If we have been planting the things of the Spirit for you, does it seem a great thing for you to give us a part in your things of this world?

    12 If others have a part in this right over you, have we not even more? But we did not make use of our right, so that we might put nothing in the way of the good news of Christ.

  • 2 Cor 11:4
    70%

    4 For if anyone comes preaching another Jesus from the one whose preachers we are, or if you have got a different spirit, or a different sort of good news from those which came to you, how well you put up with these things.

  • 2 Cor 12:16
    70%

    16 But let it be so, that I was not a trouble to you myself; but (someone may say) being false, I took you with deceit.

  • Matt 5:39-40
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    70%

    39 But I say to you, Do not make use of force against an evil man; but to him who gives you a blow on the right side of your face let the left be turned.

    40 And if any man goes to law with you and takes away your coat, do not keep back your robe from him.

  • 2 Pet 2:19
    70%

    19 Saying that they will be free, while they themselves are the servants of destruction; because whatever gets the better of a man makes a servant of him.

  • 1 Pet 4:4
    70%

    4 And they are wondering that you no longer go with them in this violent wasting of life, and are saying evil things of you:

  • Deut 25:3
    70%

    3 He may be given forty blows, not more; for if more are given, your brother may be shamed before you.

  • 2 Cor 12:13
    70%

    13 For what is there in which you were made less than the other churches, but in the one thing that I was not a trouble to you? Let me have forgiveness for this wrong.

  • Gal 5:10
    69%

    10 I am certain about you in the Lord, that you will be of no other mind; but he who is troubling you will have his punishment, whoever he is.

  • Lam 3:30
    69%

    30 Let his face be turned to him who gives him blows; let him be full of shame.

  • Gal 4:12
    69%

    12 My desire for you, brothers, is that you may be as I am, because I am as you are. You have done me no wrong;

  • Heb 11:36
    69%

    36 And others were tested by being laughed at or by blows, and even with chains and prisons:

  • 2 Cor 11:23
    69%

    23 Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking foolishly) I am more so; I have had more experience of hard work, of prisons, of blows more than measure, of death.

  • 1 Pet 4:15-16
    2 verses
    69%

    15 Let no one among you undergo punishment as a taker of life, or as a thief, or as an evil-doer, or as one who is over-interested in other men's business;

    16 But if he undergoes punishment as a Christian, that is no shame to him; let him give glory to God in this name.

  • 1 Cor 4:8
    69%

    8 For even now you are full, even now you have wealth, you have been made kings without us: truly, I would be glad if you were kings, so that we might be kings with you.

  • Matt 5:11
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    11 Happy are you when men give you a bad name, and are cruel to you, and say all evil things against you falsely, because of me.

  • Matt 10:17
    69%

    17 But be on the watch against men: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins, and in their Synagogues they will give you blows;

  • Gal 6:12
    69%

    12 Those who have the desire to seem important in the flesh, put force on you to undergo circumcision; only that they may not be attacked because of the cross of Christ.

  • Gal 6:2
    69%

    2 Take on yourselves one another's troubles, and so keep the law of Christ.

  • 1 Cor 5:2
    69%

    2 And in place of feeling sorrow, you are pleased with yourselves, so that he who has done this thing has not been sent away from among you.