2 Corinthians 11:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

Are 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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  • 1 Cor 15:10 : 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
  • 2 Cor 6:4-5 : 4 But in all things commending ourselves as the ministers of God: in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, 5 In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labors, in watchings, in fastings;
  • Acts 9:16 : 16 For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name's sake.
  • 2 Cor 3:6 : 6 Who also made us able ministers of the 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, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
  • 1 Cor 15:30-32 : 30 And why do we stand in jeopardy every hour? 31 I affirm, by the boasting in you which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. 32 If, in the manner of men, I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage is it to me, if the dead do not rise? 'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.'
  • 2 Cor 1:9-9 : 9 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead. 10 Who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver; in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us;
  • 1 Cor 3:5 : 5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom you believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
  • 2 Cor 11:24-25 : 24 From the Jews five times I received forty lashes minus one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
  • 2 Cor 12:11-12 : 11 I have become a fool in boasting; you have compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you. For in nothing am I behind the very chief apostles, though I am nothing. 12 Truly the signs of an apostle were performed among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.
  • Eph 3:1 : 1 For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for you Gentiles,
  • Eph 4:1 : 1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, urge you to walk worthy of the calling with which you are called,
  • Eph 6:20 : 20 For which I am an ambassador in chains, that in it I may speak boldly as I ought to speak.
  • Phil 1:13 : 13 So that my chains in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;
  • Phil 2:17 : 17 Yes, and if I am offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice, and rejoice with you all.
  • Col 1:24 : 24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of his body, which is the church:
  • Col 1:29 : 29 To this end I also labor, striving according to his working, which works mightily in me.
  • 1 Thess 3:2 : 2 And sent Timothy, our brother and minister of God, and our fellow worker in the gospel of Christ, to establish you and to comfort you concerning your faith:
  • 1 Tim 4:6 : 6 If you remind the brethren of these things, you shall be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished in the words of faith and of good doctrine, to which you have attained.
  • 2 Tim 1:8 : 8 Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but share in the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
  • 2 Tim 1:16 : 16 The Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain;
  • 2 Tim 2:9 : 9 For which I suffer trouble as an evildoer, even to the point of chains; but the word of God is not chained.
  • Phlm 1:9 : 9 Yet for love's sake I rather appeal to you, being such a one as Paul, the aged, and now also a prisoner of Christ Jesus.
  • Heb 10:34 : 34 For you had compassion on me in my chains and joyfully accepted the plundering of your goods, knowing that you have a better and enduring possession for yourselves in heaven.
  • 2 Cor 10:7 : 7 Do you look on things after the outward appearance? If anyone trusts that he is Christ's, let him think this again in himself, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's.
  • 2 Cor 11:5 : 5 For I consider that I am not in any way inferior to the very chief apostles.
  • Acts 14:19 : 19 Then certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium came there; and having persuaded the people, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing him to be dead.
  • Acts 16:23-24 : 23 When they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them securely. 24 Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks.
  • Acts 20:23 : 23 except that the Holy Spirit testifies in every city, saying that chains and tribulations await me.
  • Acts 21:11 : 11 And when he came to us, he took Paul's belt, bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus says the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man who owns this belt and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
  • Acts 24:26-27 : 26 He also hoped that money would be given him by Paul, that he might release him: therefore, he sent for him more often, and conversed with him. 27 But after two years Porcius Festus succeeded Felix; and Felix, wanting to grant a favor to the Jews, left Paul bound.
  • Acts 25:14 : 14 And when they had been there many days, Festus disclosed Paul's case to the king, saying, There is a certain man left a prisoner by Felix,
  • Acts 27:1 : 1 And when it was determined that we should sail to Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band.
  • Acts 28:16 : 16 And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard, but Paul was allowed to stay by himself with the soldier who guarded him.
  • Acts 28:30 : 30 Then Paul dwelt two whole years in his own rented house, and received all who came to him,
  • Rom 8:36 : 36 As it is written: 'For Your sake we are killed all day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.'
  • 2 Cor 4:11 : 11 For we who live are always delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life of Jesus also might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
  • 1 Cor 4:1 : 1 Let a man account of us as ministers of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

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    24From the Jews five times I received forty lashes minus one.

    25Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have been in the deep;

    26In journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils from my own countrymen, in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

    27In weariness and toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.

    28Besides the other things, what comes upon me daily: my deep 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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    20For 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.

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

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    4But in all things commending ourselves as the ministers of God: in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

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    15Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform as ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.

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

    17That which I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as if foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

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    30And why do we stand in jeopardy every hour?

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    10Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them.

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    30Because for the work of Christ he came close to death, not regarding his life, to supply your lack of service toward me.

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    23For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better;

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    19And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.

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    24Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of his body, which is the church:

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    9For which I suffer trouble as an evildoer, even to the point of chains; but the word of God is not chained.

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    19For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more.

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    8For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed beyond measure, above strength, so much that we despaired even of life.

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

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