2 Corinthians 11:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

For you bear it if someone brings you into bondage, if someone devours you, if someone takes from you, if someone exalts himself, if someone strikes you on the face.

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  • Gal 2:4 : 4 And that because of false brethren stealthily brought in, who came in secretly to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:
  • Gal 4:3 : 3 Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the basic principles of the world:
  • Gal 4:9 : 9 But now after you have known God, or rather are known by God, how do you turn again to the weak and beggarly principles, to which you desire again to be in bondage?
  • Gal 5:1 : 1 Stand firm therefore in the freedom with which Christ has made us free, and do not become entangled again with the yoke of bondage.
  • 2 Cor 1:24 : 24 Not that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy; for by faith you stand.
  • Gal 5:10 : 10 I have confidence in you through the Lord, that you will think no other way; but he who troubles you shall bear his judgment, whoever he is.
  • Gal 6:12 : 12 As many as desire to make a good appearance in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only to avoid suffering persecution for the cross of Christ.
  • Phil 3:19 : 19 Whose end is destruction, whose god is their stomach, and whose glory is in their shame, who set their mind on earthly things.
  • 1 Thess 2:5 : 5 For neither at any time did we use flattering words, as you know, nor a cloak of covetousness; God is witness:
  • Gal 4:25 : 25 For this Hagar is Mount Sinai in Arabia, and corresponds to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children.
  • Isa 50:6 : 6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to those that plucked off the hair: I did not hide my face from shame and spitting.
  • Lam 3:30 : 30 He gives his cheek to the one who strikes him; he is filled with reproach.
  • Luke 6:29 : 29 And to him who strikes you on one cheek, offer also the other; and to him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your coat also.
  • Rom 16:17-18 : 17 Now I urge you, brethren, mark those who cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine which you have learned, and avoid them. 18 For such persons do not serve our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own appetites; and by smooth talk and flattering words deceive the hearts of the innocent.
  • 1 Cor 4:11 : 11 Even to this present hour we both hunger and thirst, and we are poorly clothed, and beaten, and homeless.

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    19For you gladly bear with fools, seeing that you yourselves are wise.

  • 1 Pet 2:18-20
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    18Servants, be submissive to your masters with all respect, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh.

    19For this is commendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully.

    20For what credit is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you take it patiently? But when you do good and suffer for it, if you take it patiently, this is commendable before God.

  • 2 Cor 11:21
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    21I speak concerning reproach, as though we were weak. But in whatever anyone is bold—I speak foolishly—I am bold also.

  • Gal 5:15
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    15But if you bite and devour one another, beware lest you be consumed by one another.

  • 2 Cor 11:16
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    16I say again, let no one think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast a little.

  • 2 Cor 2:5-7
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    5But if anyone has caused grief, he has not grieved me, but in part, that I may not put too much burden on you all.

    6The punishment inflicted by many is sufficient for such a person.

    7So, on the contrary, you ought rather to forgive and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one be swallowed up with excessive sorrow.

  • 1 Cor 4:10-12
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    10We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honored, but we are despised.

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    33Partly while you were made a spectacle both by reproaches and tribulations, and partly while you became companions of those who were so treated.

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    15Where then is that blessing you spoke of? For I bear you witness that, if possible, you would have plucked out your own eyes and given them to me.

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    25burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.

  • 1 Thess 2:14
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    14For you, brothers, became followers of the churches of God which are in Judea in Christ Jesus: for you also have suffered the same things from your own countrymen, just as they did from the Jews:

  • Gal 3:4
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    4Have you suffered so many things in vain, if indeed it is in vain?

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    29And to him who strikes you on one cheek, offer also the other; and to him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your coat also.

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    7Now therefore there is utterly a fault among you, because you go to law one with another. Why do you not rather accept wrong? Why do you not rather allow yourselves to be defrauded?

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    4So that we ourselves boast of you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that you endure:

    5Which is a clear sign of the righteous judgment of God, that you may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which you also suffer:

    6Since it is a righteous thing with God to repay with tribulation those who trouble you;

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    6And these things, brothers, I have applied to myself and Apollos for your sakes, that you may learn in us not to think of men above that which is written, so that none of you be puffed up for one against another.

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    4For if someone comes and preaches another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if you receive a different spirit, which you have not received, or a different gospel, which you have not accepted, you might well bear with him.

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    39But I say to you, do not resist an evil person: but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn the other to him also.

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    19While they promise them liberty, they themselves are slaves of corruption; for by whom a man is overcome, by him also he is brought into bondage.

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    13For in what way were you inferior to other churches, except that I myself was not burdensome to you? Forgive me this wrong.

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    10I have confidence in you through the Lord, that you will think no other way; but he who troubles you shall bear his judgment, whoever he is.

  • Lam 3:30
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    30He gives his cheek to the one who strikes him; he is filled with reproach.

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    12Brethren, I urge you to become like me, for I became like you: you have not injured me at all.

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    36Still others had trials of cruel mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment.

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    23Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labors more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often.

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    15But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a meddler in other people's matters.

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    17But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils and they will scourge you in their synagogues;

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    12As many as desire to make a good appearance in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only to avoid suffering persecution for the cross of Christ.

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    2Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.

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    2And you are arrogant, and have not rather mourned, so that he who has done this deed might be removed from among you.