2 Corinthians 7:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

For even when we had come into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; there were fightings outside and fears inside.

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  • Deut 32:25 : 25 Outside they will be cut off by the sword, and in the inner rooms by fear; death will take the young man and the virgin, the baby at the breast and the grey-haired man.
  • 2 Cor 2:13 : 13 I had no rest in my spirit because Titus my brother was not there: so I went away from them, and came into Macedonia.
  • 2 Cor 4:8-9 : 8 Troubles are round us on every side, but we are not shut in; things are hard for us, but we see a way out of them; 9 We are cruelly attacked, but not without hope; we are made low, but we are not without help; 10 In our bodies there is ever the mark of the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our bodies. 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. 12 So then, death is working in us, but life in you.
  • 2 Cor 11:23-30 : 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. 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; 26 In 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; 27 In hard work and weariness, in frequent watchings, going without food and drink, cold and in need of clothing. 28 In addition to all the other things, there is that which comes on me every day, the care of all the churches. 29 Who is feeble and I am not feeble? who is in danger of falling, and I am not angry? 30 If I have to take credit to myself, I will do so in the things in which I am feeble.
  • 2 Cor 12:20-21 : 20 For I have a fear that, when I come, you may not be answering to my desire, and that I may not be answering to yours; that there may be fighting, hate, angry feeling, divisions, evil talk about others, secrets, thoughts of pride, outbursts against authority; 21 And that when I come again, my God may put me to shame among you, and I may have grief for those who have done wrong before and have had no regret for their unclean ways, and for the evil desires of the flesh to which they have given way.
  • Gal 4:11 : 11 I am in fear of you, that I may have been working for you to no purpose.
  • Gal 4:19-20 : 19 My children, of whom I am again in birth-pains till Christ is formed in you, 20 Truly my desire is to be present with you now, using a changed voice; for I am troubled about you.
  • 1 Thess 3:5 : 5 For this reason, when I was no longer able to keep quiet, I sent to get news of your faith, fearing that you might be tested by the Evil One and that our work might come to nothing.
  • Gen 8:9 : 9 But the dove saw no resting-place for her foot, and came back to the ark, for the waters were still over all the earth; and he put out his hand, and took her into the ark.
  • Job 18:11 : 11 He is overcome by fears on every side, they go after him at every step.
  • Isa 33:12 : 12 And the peoples will be like the burning of chalk: as thorns cut down, which are burned in the fire.
  • Jer 6:25 : 25 Go not out into the field or by the way; for there is the sword of the attacker, and fear on every side.
  • Jer 8:18 : 18 Sorrow has come on me! my heart in me is feeble.
  • Jer 20:10 : 10 For numbers of them say evil secretly in my hearing (there is fear on every side): they say, Come, let us give witness against him; all my nearest friends, who are watching for my fall, say, It may be that he will be taken by deceit, and we will get the better of him and give him punishment.
  • Jer 45:3 : 3 You said, Sorrow is mine! for the Lord has given me sorrow in addition to my pain; I am tired with the sound of my sorrow, and I get no rest.
  • Matt 11:28-30 : 28 Come to me, all you who are troubled and weighted down with care, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke on you and become like me, for I am gentle and without pride, and you will have rest for your souls; 30 For my yoke is good, and the weight I take up is not hard.
  • Acts 20:1 : 1 And after the noise had come to an end, Paul, having sent for the disciples and given them comfort, went away from them to Macedonia.
  • 1 Cor 15:31 : 31 Yes, truly, by your pride in me, my brothers in Christ Jesus our Lord, my life is one long death.
  • 1 Cor 16:5 : 5 But I will come to you after I have gone through Macedonia, for that is my purpose;
  • 2 Cor 1:16-17 : 16 And by way of Corinth to go into Macedonia, and from there to come back again to you, so that you might send me on my way to Judaea. 17 If then I had such a purpose, did I seem to be changing suddenly? or am I guided in my purposes by the flesh, saying, Yes, today, and, No, tomorrow?
  • 2 Cor 2:3 : 3 And I said this very thing in my letter, for fear that when I came I might have sorrow from those from whom it was right for me to have joy; being certain of this, that my joy is the joy of you all.
  • 2 Cor 2:9 : 9 And for the same reason I sent you a letter so that I might be certain of your desire to do my orders in all things.

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    9 We are cruelly attacked, but not without hope; we are made low, but we are not without help;

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    7 For this cause, brothers, in all our trouble and grief we were comforted about you because of your faith;

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    4 Who gives us comfort in all our troubles, so that we may be able to give comfort to others who are in trouble, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.

    5 For as we undergo more of the pain which Christ underwent, so through Christ does our comfort become greater.

    6 But if we are troubled, it is for your comfort and salvation; or if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which takes effect through your quiet undergoing of the same troubles which we undergo:

    7 And our hope for you is certain; in the knowledge that as you take part in the troubles, so you will take part in the comfort.

    8 For 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:

    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:

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    13 I had no rest in my spirit because Titus my brother was not there: so I went away from them, and came into Macedonia.

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    13 So we have been comforted: and we had the greater joy in our comfort because of the joy of Titus, for his spirit had been made glad by you all.

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    6 But God who gives comfort to the poor in spirit gave us comfort by the coming of Titus;

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    1 At last our desire to have news of you was so strong that, while we ourselves were waiting at Athens,

    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;

    3 So that no man might be moved by these troubles; because you see that these things are part of God's purpose for us.

    4 And when we were with you, we said to you that trouble was before us; and so it came about, as you see.

    5 For this reason, when I was no longer able to keep quiet, I sent to get news of your faith, fearing that you might be tested by the Evil One and that our work might come to nothing.

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    3 And I was with you without strength, in fear and in doubt.

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    4 But in everything making it clear that we are the servants of God, in quiet strength, in troubles, in need, in sorrow,

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    6 So, then, we are ever without fear, and though conscious that while we are in the body we are away from the Lord,

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    26 In 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;

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    2 Yes, I make my request to you, so that when I am with you I may not have to make use of the authority which may be needed against some to whom we seem to be walking after the flesh.

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    30 Fighting the same fight which you saw in me, and now have word of in me.

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    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;

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    20 For I have a fear that, when I come, you may not be answering to my desire, and that I may not be answering to yours; that there may be fighting, hate, angry feeling, divisions, evil talk about others, secrets, thoughts of pride, outbursts against authority;

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    15 And his love to you is the more increased by his memory of you all, how you gave way to his authority, and how you took him to your hearts with fear and honour.

    16 It gives me great joy to see you answering to my good opinion of you in every way.

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    28 Having no fear of those who are against you; which is a clear sign of their destruction, but of your salvation, and that from God;

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    4 For fear that, if any from Macedonia come with me, and you are not ready, we (not to say, you) might be put to shame in this thing.

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    8 And we did not take food from any man for nothing, but were working hard night and day not to be a trouble to any of you:

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    35 Who will come between us and the love of Christ? Will trouble, or pain, or cruel acts, or the need of food or of clothing, or danger, or the sword?

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    13 For if we are foolish, it is to God; or if we are serious, it is for you.

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    17 But we, my brothers, being away from you for a short time, in body but not in heart, had all the more desire to see your face;

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    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.

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    14 And 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.

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    5 Because our good news came to you, not in word only, but in power, and in the Holy Spirit, so that you were completely certain of it; even as you saw what our behaviour to you was like from our love to you.

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    5 Our attackers are on our necks: overcome with weariness, we have no rest.

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    7 For God did not give us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of self-control.