2 Corinthians 11:23

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Are they servants of Christ? (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more so: in labors more abundant, in stripes beyond measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often.

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  • 1 Cor 15:10 : 10 But by the grace of God, I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.
  • 2 Cor 6:4-5 : 4 Instead, in everything we commend ourselves as God’s servants: in great endurance, in sufferings, in hardships, in distresses, 5 in beatings, in imprisonments, in riots, in labors, in sleepless nights, in hunger;
  • Acts 9:16 : 16 For I will show him how much he must suffer for My name’s sake."
  • 2 Cor 3:6 : 6 He has made us competent as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.
  • 2 Cor 6:9 : 9 as unknown, yet well-known; as dying, yet behold, we live; as disciplined, but not put to death;
  • 1 Cor 15:30-32 : 30 And why are we in danger every hour? 31 I face death every day—yes, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord. 32 If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus merely from a human point of view, what benefit is that to me? If the dead are not raised, 'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.'
  • 2 Cor 1:9-9 : 9 Indeed, we felt we had received the sentence of death. But this happened so that we would not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. 10 He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and He will deliver us again. On Him we have set our hope that He will continue to deliver us,
  • 1 Cor 3:5 : 5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each.
  • 2 Cor 11:24-25 : 24 Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked; I spent a night and a day in the open sea.
  • 2 Cor 12:11-12 : 11 I have become foolish in boasting; you compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you, because I am in no way inferior to the 'super-apostles,' even though I am nothing. 12 The signs of a true apostle were performed among you with utmost patience, with signs, wonders, and miracles.
  • Eph 3:1 : 1 For this reason, I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles,
  • Eph 4:1 : 1 Therefore, I, a prisoner in the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called,
  • Eph 6:20 : 20 For which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.
  • Phil 1:13 : 13 As a result, it has become clear throughout the whole palace guard and to everyone else that I am in chains for Christ.
  • Phil 2:17 : 17 But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you.
  • Col 1:24 : 24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.
  • Col 1:29 : 29 To this end, I labor and struggle with all His energy, which so powerfully works within me.
  • 1 Thess 3:2 : 2 And we sent Timothy, our brother, and God's servant, and our fellow worker in the gospel of Christ, to strengthen and encourage you concerning your faith.
  • 1 Tim 4:6 : 6 If you point these things out to the brothers and sisters, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished by the words of faith and the good teaching that you have followed.
  • 2 Tim 1:8 : 8 So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join with me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.
  • 2 Tim 1:16 : 16 May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, because he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains.
  • 2 Tim 2:9 : 9 For this gospel I suffer hardship, even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God is not chained.
  • Phlm 1:9 : 9 I appeal instead, on the basis of love. Being such as I am—Paul, an old man and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus—
  • Heb 10:34 : 34 For you sympathized with those in prison and accepted with joy the confiscation of your possessions, knowing that you have a better and lasting possession in heaven.
  • 2 Cor 10:7 : 7 Do you look only at outward appearances? If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, let him consider again that just as he belongs to Christ, so also do we.
  • 2 Cor 11:5 : 5 I do not consider myself in any way inferior to these 'super-apostles.'
  • Acts 14:19 : 19 But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium arrived, persuaded the crowds, and they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, thinking he was dead.
  • Acts 16:23-24 : 23 After they had inflicted many blows on them, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely. 24 Upon receiving this order, he put them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.
  • Acts 20:23 : 23 'Except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that chains and afflictions await me.'
  • Acts 21:11 : 11 He came to us, took Paul’s belt, and tied his own hands and feet with it. He said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘This is how the Jews in Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”
  • Acts 24:26-27 : 26 At the same time, he was hoping that Paul would offer him money, so he sent for him often and conversed with him. 27 After two years, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus. Because he wanted to grant a favor to the Jews, Felix left Paul in prison.
  • Acts 25:14 : 14 While they were spending many days there, Festus presented Paul’s case to the king, saying, 'There is a man who was left as a prisoner by Felix.'
  • Acts 27:1 : 1 When it was decided that we should sail to Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, of the Imperial Regiment.
  • Acts 28:16 : 16 When we came to Rome, the centurion handed over the prisoners to the commander of the guard, but Paul was allowed to live by himself with the soldier who was guarding him.
  • Acts 28:30 : 30 For two whole years, Paul stayed there in his own rented house and welcomed all who came to see him.
  • Rom 8:36 : 36 As it is written: 'For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.'
  • 2 Cor 4:11 : 11 For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal bodies.
  • 1 Cor 4:1 : 1 This is how you should regard us: as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

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    24Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.

    25Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked; I spent a night and a day in the open sea.

    26I have been constantly on the move: in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from my own people, in dangers from Gentiles; in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, and in dangers among false believers.

    27I have labored and toiled and often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked.

    28Apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my concern for all the churches.

    29Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation?

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    20In fact, you put up with anyone who enslaves you, devours you, takes advantage of you, exalts himself, or strikes you in the face.

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    22Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.

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    4Instead, in everything we commend ourselves as God’s servants: in great endurance, in sufferings, in hardships, in distresses,

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    10Therefore, I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

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    37They were stoned, they were sawed in two, and they were killed with the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, persecuted, and mistreated.

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    11You know my persecutions and sufferings—what happened to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra—the persecutions I endured. But the Lord delivered me from all of them.

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    30because he came close to death for the work of Christ, risking his life to make up for what was lacking in your service to me.

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    23I am torn between the two: I desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better;

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    19But I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that I used to imprison and beat those who believed in You in the synagogues.

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    1Am I not an apostle? Am I not free? Have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? Are you not my work in the Lord?

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    11For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal bodies.

  • Rom 8:36
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    24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.

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    9For this gospel I suffer hardship, even to the point of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God is not chained.

  • 2 Cor 6:9
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    9as unknown, yet well-known; as dying, yet behold, we live; as disciplined, but not put to death;

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    19For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to everyone, so that I might win more of them.

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    8For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, of the trouble we experienced in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself.

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    26men who have risked their lives for the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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    6The punishment imposed by the majority is sufficient for such a person.