2 Corinthians 11:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • 1 Cor 15:10 : 10 But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me has not been for nothing; for I did more work than all of them; though not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
  • 2 Cor 6:4-5 : 4 But in everything making it clear that we are the servants of God, in quiet strength, in troubles, in need, in sorrow, 5 In blows, in prisons, in attacks, in hard work, in watchings, in going without food;
  • Acts 9:16 : 16 For I will make clear to him what troubles he will have to undergo for me.
  • 2 Cor 3:6 : 6 Who has made us able to be servants of a new agreement; not of the letter, but of the Spirit: for the letter gives death, but the Spirit gives life.
  • 2 Cor 6:9 : 9 Unnoted, but still kept fully in mind; as near to death, but still living; as undergoing punishment, but not put to death;
  • 1 Cor 15:30-32 : 30 And why are we in danger every hour? 31 Yes, truly, by your pride in me, my brothers in Christ Jesus our Lord, my life is one long death. 32 If, after the way of men, I was fighting with beasts at Ephesus, what profit is it to me? If the dead do not come to life again, let us take our pleasure in feasting, for tomorrow we come to an end.
  • 2 Cor 1:9-9 : 9 Yes, we ourselves have had the answer of death in ourselves, so that our hope might not be in ourselves, but in God who is able to give life to the dead: 10 Who gave us salvation from so great a death: on whom we have put our hope that he will still go on to give us salvation;
  • 1 Cor 3:5 : 5 What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? They are but servants who gave you the good news as God gave it to them.
  • 2 Cor 11:24-25 : 24 Five times the Jews gave me forty blows but one. 25 Three times I was whipped with rods, once I was stoned, three times the ship I was in came to destruction at sea, a night and a day I have been in the water;
  • 2 Cor 12:11-12 : 11 I have been forced by you to become foolish, though it was right for my praise to have come from you: for in no way was I less than the chief of the Apostles, though I am nothing. 12 Truly the signs of an Apostle were done among you in quiet strength, with wonders and acts of power.
  • Eph 3:1 : 1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles,
  • Eph 4:1 : 1 I then, the prisoner in the Lord, make this request from my heart, that you will see that your behaviour is a credit to the position which God's purpose has given you,
  • Eph 6:20 : 20 For which I am a representative in chains, and that I may say without fear the things which it is right for me to say.
  • Phil 1:13 : 13 So that it became clear through all the Praetorium, and to all the rest, that I was a prisoner on account of Christ;
  • Phil 2:17 : 17 And even if I am offered like a drink offering, giving myself for the cause and work of your faith, I am glad and have joy with you all:
  • Col 1:24 : 24 Now I have joy in my pain because of you, and in my flesh I undergo whatever is still needed to make the sorrows of Christ complete, for the salvation of his body, the church;
  • Col 1:29 : 29 And for this purpose I am working, using all my strength by the help of his power which is working in me strongly.
  • 1 Thess 3:2 : 2 We sent Timothy, our brother and God's servant in the good news of Christ, to give you strength and comfort in your faith;
  • 1 Tim 4:6 : 6 If you keep these things before the minds of the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, trained in the words of the faith and of the right teaching which has been your guide:
  • 2 Tim 1:8 : 8 Have no feeling of shame, then, for the witness of our Lord or for me, his prisoner: but undergo all things for the good news in the measure of the power of God;
  • 2 Tim 1:16 : 16 May the Lord give mercy to the house of Onesiphorus because he frequently gave me help, and had no feeling of shame because I was in chains;
  • 2 Tim 2:9 : 9 In which I put up with the hardest conditions, even prison chains, like one who has done a crime; but the word of God is not in chains.
  • Phlm 1:9 : 9 Still, because of love, in place of an order, I make a request to you, I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner of Christ Jesus:
  • Heb 10:34 : 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.
  • 2 Cor 10:7 : 7 Give attention to the things which are before you. If any man seems to himself to be Christ's, let him keep in mind that we are as much Christ's as he is.
  • 2 Cor 11:5 : 5 For in my opinion, I am in no way less than the most important of the Apostles.
  • Acts 14:19 : 19 But some Jews came to that place from Antioch and Iconium, and got control over the people; and after stoning Paul, they had him pulled out of the town, taking him for dead.
  • Acts 16:23-24 : 23 And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely: 24 And he, having such orders, put them into the inner prison with chains on their feet.
  • Acts 20:23 : 23 Only that the Holy Spirit makes clear to me in every town that prison and pains are waiting for me.
  • Acts 21:11 : 11 And he came to us, and took the band of Paul's clothing, and putting it round his feet and hands, said, The Holy Spirit says these words, So will the Jews do to the man who is the owner of this band, and they will give him up into the hands of the Gentiles.
  • Acts 24:26-27 : 26 For he was hoping that Paul would give him money: so he sent for him more frequently and had talk with him. 27 But after two years Porcius Festus took the place of Felix, who, desiring to have the approval of the Jews, kept Paul in chains.
  • Acts 25:14 : 14 And as they were there for some days, Festus gave them Paul's story, saying, There is a certain man here who was put in prison by Felix:
  • Acts 27:1 : 1 And when the decision had been made that we were to go by sea to Italy, they gave Paul and certain other prisoners into the care of a captain named Julius, of the Augustan band.
  • Acts 28:16 : 16 And when we came into Rome, they let Paul have a house for himself and the armed man who kept watch over him.
  • Acts 28:30 : 30 And for the space of two years, Paul was living in the house of which he had the use, and had talk with all those who went in to see him,
  • Rom 8:36 : 36 As it is said in the holy Writings, Because of you we are put to death every day; we are like sheep ready for destruction.
  • 2 Cor 4:11 : 11 For, while living, we are still being given up to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our flesh, though it is under the power of death.
  • 1 Cor 4:1 : 1 Let us be judged as servants of Christ, and as those who are responsible for the secret things of God.

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  • 2 Cor 11:24-29
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    24Five times the Jews gave me forty blows but one.

    25Three times I was whipped with rods, once I was stoned, three times the ship I was in came to destruction at sea, a night and a day I have been in the water;

    26In frequent travels, in dangers on rivers, in dangers from outlaws, in dangers from my countrymen, in dangers from the Gentiles, in dangers in the town, in dangers in the waste land, in dangers at sea, in dangers among false brothers;

    27In hard work and weariness, in frequent watchings, going without food and drink, cold and in need of clothing.

    28In addition to all the other things, there is that which comes on me every day, the care of all the churches.

    29Who is feeble and I am not feeble? who is in danger of falling, and I am not angry?

  • 2 Cor 11:20-22
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    20You 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.

    21I 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.

    22Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they of Israel? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I.

  • 2 Cor 6:4-5
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    4But in everything making it clear that we are the servants of God, in quiet strength, in troubles, in need, in sorrow,

    5In blows, in prisons, in attacks, in hard work, in watchings, in going without food;

  • 2 Cor 12:10-11
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    10So I take pleasure in being feeble, in unkind words, in needs, in cruel attacks, in troubles, on account of Christ: for when I am feeble, then am I strong.

    11I have been forced by you to become foolish, though it was right for my praise to have come from you: for in no way was I less than the chief of the Apostles, though I am nothing.

  • 2 Cor 11:15-17
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    15So it is no great thing if his servants make themselves seem to be servants of righteousness; whose end will be the reward of their works.

    16I 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.

    17What I am now saying is not by the order of the Lord, but as a foolish person, taking credit to myself, as it seems.

  • Heb 11:36-37
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    36And others were tested by being laughed at or by blows, and even with chains and prisons:

    37They were stoned, they were cut up with knives, they were tested, they were put to death with the sword, they went about in sheepskins and in goatskins; being poor and in pain and cruelly attacked,

  • 2 Cor 11:5
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    5For in my opinion, I am in no way less than the most important of the Apostles.

  • Phil 1:14
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    14And most of the brothers in the Lord, taking heart because of my chains, are all the stronger to give the word of God without fear.

  • 1 Cor 15:30-31
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    30And why are we in danger every hour?

    31Yes, truly, by your pride in me, my brothers in Christ Jesus our Lord, my life is one long death.

  • 1 Cor 9:15
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    15But I have not made use of any of these things: and I am not writing this in the hope that it may be so for me: for it would be better for me to undergo death, than for any man to make this pride of mine of no effect.

  • Acts 26:10-11
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    10And this I did in Jerusalem: and numbers of the saints I put in prison, having had authority given to me from the chief priests, and when they were put to death, I gave my decision against them.

    11And I gave them punishment frequently, in all the Synagogues, forcing them to say things against God; and burning with passion against them, I went after them even into far-away towns.

  • 1 Cor 4:10-11
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    10We 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.

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

  • Acts 20:23-24
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    23Only that the Holy Spirit makes clear to me in every town that prison and pains are waiting for me.

    24But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God.

  • 1 Cor 15:10-11
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    10But by the grace of God, I am what I am: and his grace which was given to me has not been for nothing; for I did more work than all of them; though not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

    11If then it is I who am the preacher, or they, this is our word, and to this you have given your faith.

  • 2 Cor 7:4
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    4My words to you are without fear, I am full of pride on account of you: I have great comfort and joy in all our troubles.

  • Acts 16:23
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    23And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely:

  • 2 Tim 3:11
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    11My punishments and pain; the things which came to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra; the cruel attacks made on me: and the Lord made me free from them all.

  • Phil 2:30
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    30Because for the work of Christ he was near to death, putting his life in danger to make your care for me complete.

  • Phil 1:23
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    23I am in a hard position between the two, having a desire to go away and be with Christ, which is very much better:

  • Acts 22:19
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    19And I said, Lord, they themselves have knowledge that I went through the Synagogues putting in prison and whipping all those who had faith in you:

  • 1 Cor 9:1
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    1Am I not free? am I not an Apostle? have I not seen Jesus our Lord? are you not my work in the Lord?

  • 2 Cor 4:11
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    11For, while living, we are still being given up to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our flesh, though it is under the power of death.

  • Rom 8:36
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    36As it is said in the holy Writings, Because of you we are put to death every day; we are like sheep ready for destruction.

  • Acts 20:19
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    19Doing the Lord's work without pride, through all the sorrow and troubles which came on me because of the evil designs of the Jews:

  • Col 1:24
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    24Now I have joy in my pain because of you, and in my flesh I undergo whatever is still needed to make the sorrows of Christ complete, for the salvation of his body, the church;

  • Acts 21:13
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    13Then Paul said, What are you doing, weeping and wounding my heart? for I am ready, not only to be a prisoner, but to be put to death at Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.

  • 2 Cor 12:15
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    15And I will gladly give all I have for your souls. If I have the more love for you, am I to be loved the less?

  • 2 Tim 2:9
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    9In which I put up with the hardest conditions, even prison chains, like one who has done a crime; but the word of God is not in chains.

  • 2 Cor 6:9
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    9Unnoted, but still kept fully in mind; as near to death, but still living; as undergoing punishment, but not put to death;

  • 1 Cor 9:19
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    19For though I was free from all men, I made myself a servant to all, so that more might have salvation.

  • 2 Cor 1:8
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    8For it is our desire that you may not be without knowledge of our trouble which came on us in Asia, that the weight of it was very great, more than our power, so that it seemed that we had no hope even of life:

  • Acts 15:26
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    26Men who have given up their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

  • 2 Cor 2:6
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    6Let it be enough for such a man to have undergone the punishment which the church put on him;