2 Corinthians 10:8
For if I boast somewhat more about our authority that the Lord gave us for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed of doing so.
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- 2 Cor 13:10 : 10 Because of this I am writing these things while absent, so that when I arrive I may not have to deal harshly with you by using my authority– the Lord gave it to me for building up, not for tearing down!
- 2 Cor 13:2-3 : 2 I said before when I was present the second time and now, though absent, I say again to those who sinned previously and to all the rest, that if I come again, I will not spare anyone, 3 since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak toward you but is powerful among you.
- 2 Cor 13:8 : 8 For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the sake of the truth.
- 2 Cor 1:24 : 24 I do not mean that we rule over your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy, because by faith you stand firm.
- 2 Cor 7:14 : 14 For if I have boasted to him about anything concerning you, I have not been embarrassed by you, but just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus about you has proved true as well.
- 2 Cor 12:6 : 6 For even if I wish to boast, I will not be a fool, for I would be telling the truth, but I refrain from this so that no one may regard me beyond what he sees in me or what he hears from me,
- Gal 1:1 : 1 ¶ Salutation From Paul, an apostle(not from men, nor by human agency, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead)
- 2 Tim 1:12 : 12 Because of this, in fact, I suffer as I do. But I am not ashamed, because I know the one in whom my faith is set and I am convinced that he is able to protect what has been entrusted to me until that day.
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- 2 Cor 10:9-179 verses83%
9 I do not want to seem as though I am trying to terrify you with my letters,
10 because some say,“His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is weak and his speech is of no account.”
11 Let such a person consider this: What we say by letters when we are absent, we also are in actions when we are present.
12 Paul’s Mission For we would not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who recommend themselves. But when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are without understanding.
13 But we will not boast beyond certain limits, but will confine our boasting according to the limits of the work to which God has appointed us, that reaches even as far as you.
14 For we were not overextending ourselves, as though we did not reach as far as you, because we were the first to reach as far as you with the gospel about Christ.
15 Nor do we boast beyond certain limits in the work done by others, but we hope that as your faith continues to grow, our work may be greatly expanded among you according to our limits,
16 so that we may preach the gospel in the regions that lie beyond you, and not boast of work already done in another person’s area.
17 But the one who boasts must boast in the Lord.
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10 Because of this I am writing these things while absent, so that when I arrive I may not have to deal harshly with you by using my authority– the Lord gave it to me for building up, not for tearing down!
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14 For if I have boasted to him about anything concerning you, I have not been embarrassed by you, but just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus about you has proved true as well.
- 2 Cor 5:12-132 verses77%
12 We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to be proud of us, so that you may be able to answer those who take pride in outward appearance and not in what is in the heart.
13 For if we are out of our minds, it is for God; if we are of sound mind, it is for you.
- 2 Cor 11:16-183 verses77%
16 Paul’s Sufferings for Christ I say again, let no one think that I am a fool. But if you do, then at least accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.
17 What I am saying with this boastful confidence I do not say the way the Lord would. Instead it is, as it were, foolishness.
18 Since many are boasting according to human standards, I too will boast.
- 2 Cor 12:5-62 verses77%
5 On behalf of such an individual I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except about my weaknesses.
6 For even if I wish to boast, I will not be a fool, for I would be telling the truth, but I refrain from this so that no one may regard me beyond what he sees in me or what he hears from me,
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10 As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia.
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7 You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should reflect on this again: Just as he himself belongs to Christ, so too do we.
- 2 Cor 9:3-42 verses77%
3 But I am sending these brothers so that our boasting about you may not be empty in this case, so that you may be ready just as I kept telling them.
4 For if any of the Macedonians should come with me and find that you are not ready to give, we would be humiliated(not to mention you) by this confidence we had in you.
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8 Paul’s Request for Onesimus So, although I have quite a lot of confidence in Christ and could command you to do what is proper,
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20 We did this as a precaution so that no one should blame us in regard to this generous gift we are administering.
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11 The Signs of an Apostle I have become a fool. You yourselves forced me to do it, for I should have been commended by you. For I lack nothing in comparison to those“super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
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2 now I ask that when I am present I may not have to be bold with the confidence that(I expect) I will dare to use against some who consider us to be behaving according to human standards.
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21 (To my disgrace I must say that we were too weak for that!) But whatever anyone else dares to boast about(I am speaking foolishly), I also dare to boast about the same thing.
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12 If others receive this right from you, are we not more deserving?But we have not made use of this right. Instead we endure everything so that we may not be a hindrance to the gospel of Christ.
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17 So I boast in Christ Jesus about the things that pertain to God.
18 For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in order to bring about the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,
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30 If I must boast, I will boast about the things that show my weakness.
- 2 Cor 11:5-73 verses74%
5 For I consider myself not at all inferior to those“super-apostles.”
6 And even if I am unskilled in speaking, yet I am certainly not so in knowledge. Indeed, we have made this plain to you in everything in every way.
7 Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you could be exalted, because I proclaimed the gospel of God to you free of charge?
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12 And what I am doing I will continue to do, so that I may eliminate any opportunity for those who want a chance to be regarded as our equals in the things they boast about.
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9 It was not because we do not have that right, but to give ourselves as an example for you to imitate.
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8 I am not saying this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love by comparison with the eagerness of others.
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19 Have you been thinking all this time that we have been defending ourselves to you? We are speaking in Christ before God, and everything we do, dear friends, is to build you up.
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6 nor to seek glory from people, either from you or from others,
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6 I have applied these things to myself and Apollos because of you, brothers and sisters, so that through us you may learn“not to go beyond what is written,” so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of the one against the other.
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10 We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, we are dishonored!
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15 But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing these things so that something will be done for me. In fact, it would be better for me to die than– no one will deprive me of my reason for boasting!
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24 Therefore show them openly before the churches the proof of your love and of our pride in you.
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12 Paul Defends His Changed Plans For our reason for confidence is this: the testimony of our conscience, that with pure motives and sincerity which are from God– not by human wisdom but by the grace of God– we conducted ourselves in the world, and all the more toward you.
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8 So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me, a prisoner for his sake, but by God’s power accept your share of suffering for the gospel.
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24 I do not mean that we rule over your faith, but we are workers with you for your joy, because by faith you stand firm.
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8 Already you are satisfied! Already you are rich! You have become kings without us! I wish you had become kings so that we could reign with you!
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4 A Letter That Caused Sadness I have great confidence in you; I take great pride on your behalf. I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in the midst of all our suffering.
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2 If I am not an apostle to others, at least I am to you, for you are the confirming sign of my apostleship in the Lord.
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15 But I have written more boldly to you on some points so as to remind you, because of the grace given to me by God