2 Corinthians 11:12

World English Bible (2000)

But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them that desire an occasion, that in which they boast, they may be found even as we.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 9:12 : 12 If others partake of this right over you, don't we yet more? Nevertheless we did not use this right, but we bear all things, that we may cause no hindrance to the Good News of Christ.
  • 2 Cor 1:17 : 17 When I therefore was thus determined, did I show fickleness? Or the things that I purpose, do I purpose according to the flesh, that with me there should be the "Yes, yes" and the "No, no?"
  • 2 Cor 5:12 : 12 For we are not commending ourselves to you again, but speak as giving you occasion of boasting on our behalf, that you may have something to answer those who boast in appearance, and not in heart.
  • 2 Cor 10:17 : 17 But "he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord."
  • 2 Cor 11:9 : 9 When I was present with you and was in need, I wasn't a burden on anyone, for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my need. In everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and I will continue to do so.
  • 2 Cor 11:18 : 18 Seeing that many boast after the flesh, I will also boast.
  • Gal 1:7 : 7 and there isn't another "good news." Only there are some who trouble you, and want to pervert the Good News of Christ.
  • Gal 6:13-14 : 13 For even they who receive circumcision don't keep the law themselves, but they desire to have you circumcised, that they may boast in your flesh. 14 But far be it from me to boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
  • Phil 1:15-30 : 15 Some indeed preach Christ even out of envy and strife, and some also out of good will. 16 The former insincerely preach Christ from selfish ambition, thinking that they add affliction to my chains; 17 but the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the Good News. 18 What does it matter? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed. I rejoice in this, yes, and will rejoice. 19 For I know that this will turn out to my salvation, through your supplication and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, 20 according to my earnest expectation and hope, that I will in no way be disappointed, but with all boldness, as always, now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life, or by death. 21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 22 But if I live on in the flesh, this will bring fruit from my work; yet I don't know what I will choose. 23 But I am in a dilemma between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better. 24 Yet, to remain in the flesh is more needful for your sake. 25 Having this confidence, I know that I will remain, yes, and remain with you all, for your progress and joy in the faith, 26 that your rejoicing may abound in Christ Jesus in me through my presence with you again. 27 Only let your way of life be worthy of the Good News of Christ, that, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear of your state, that you stand firm in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the Good News; 28 and in nothing frightened by the adversaries, which is for them a proof of destruction, but to you of salvation, and that from God. 29 Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf, 30 having the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear is in me.
  • 1 Tim 5:14 : 14 I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for insulting.
  • Job 23:13 : 13 But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul desires, even that he does.
  • 1 Cor 5:6 : 6 Your boasting is not good. Don't you know that a little yeast leavens the whole lump?

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  • 2 Cor 11:16-18
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    16 I say again, let no one think me foolish. But if so, yet receive me as foolish, that I also may boast a little.

    17 That which I speak, I don't speak according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.

    18 Seeing that many boast after the flesh, I will also boast.

  • 2 Cor 12:5-6
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    5 On behalf of such a one I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except in my weaknesses.

    6 For if I would desire to boast, I will not be foolish; for I will speak the truth. But I refrain, so that no man may think more of me than that which he sees in me, or hears from me.

  • 2 Cor 11:9-11
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    9 When I was present with you and was in need, I wasn't a burden on anyone, for the brothers, when they came from Macedonia, supplied the measure of my need. In everything I kept myself from being burdensome to you, and I will continue to do so.

    10 As the truth of Christ is in me, no one will stop me from this boasting in the regions of Achaia.

    11 Why? Because I don't love you? God knows.

  • 2 Cor 5:12
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    12 For we are not commending ourselves to you again, but speak as giving you occasion of boasting on our behalf, that you may have something to answer those who boast in appearance, and not in heart.

  • 2 Cor 11:5
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    5 For I reckon that I am not at all behind the very best apostles.

  • 2 Cor 10:8-9
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    8 For though I should boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down) I will not be disappointed,

    9 that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters.

  • Rom 15:17-18
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    17 I have therefore my boasting in Christ Jesus in things pertaining to God.

    18 For I will not dare to speak of any things except those which Christ worked through me, for the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

  • 1 Cor 9:15
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    15 But I have used none of these things, and I don't write these things that it may be done so in my case; for I would rather die, than that anyone should make my boasting void.

  • 2 Cor 11:13
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    13 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, masquerading as Christ's apostles.

  • 2 Cor 11:29-30
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    29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I don't burn with indignation?

    30 If I must boast, I will boast of the things that concern my weakness.

  • Rom 15:20
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    20 yes, making it my aim to preach the Good News, not where Christ was already named, that I might not build on another's foundation.

  • 1 Cor 15:11
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    11 Whether then it is I or they, so we preach, and so you believed.

  • Gal 6:12-14
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    12 As many as desire to look good in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ.

    13 For even they who receive circumcision don't keep the law themselves, but they desire to have you circumcised, that they may boast in your flesh.

    14 But far be it from me to boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

  • Gal 5:11-12
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    11 But I, brothers, if I still preach circumcision, why am I still persecuted? Then the stumbling block of the cross has been removed.

    12 I wish that those who disturb you would cut themselves off.

  • 2 Cor 11:21-22
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    21 I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet however any is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.

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

  • Phil 1:16-18
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    16 The former insincerely preach Christ from selfish ambition, thinking that they add affliction to my chains;

    17 but the latter out of love, knowing that I am appointed for the defense of the Good News.

    18 What does it matter? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is proclaimed. I rejoice in this, yes, and will rejoice.

  • 2 Cor 12:16
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    16 But be it so, I did not myself burden you. But, being crafty, I caught you with deception.

  • 2 Cor 12:11
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    11 I have become foolish in boasting. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for in nothing was I inferior to the very best apostles, though I am nothing.

  • 2 Cor 8:20
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    20 We are avoiding this, that any man should blame us concerning this abundance which is administered by us.

  • 2 Cor 6:3
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    3 We give no occasion of stumbling in anything, that our service may not be blamed,

  • 2 Cor 10:16
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    16 so as to preach the Good News even to the parts beyond you, not to boast in what someone else has already done.

  • Gal 2:10
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    10 They only asked us to remember the poor--which very thing I was also zealous to do.

  • 1 Cor 9:23
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    23 Now I do this for the sake of the Good News, that I may be a joint partaker of it.

  • 1 Thess 2:6
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    6 nor seeking glory from men (neither from you nor from others), when we might have claimed authority as apostles of Christ.

  • 1 Cor 10:32-33
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    32 Give no occasions for stumbling, either to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the assembly of God;

    33 even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.

  • Rom 11:13
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    13 For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry;

  • 2 Cor 13:10
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    10 For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not deal sharply when present, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for tearing down.

  • 2 Cor 10:11
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    11 Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such are we also in deed when we are present.

  • 2 Cor 9:3-4
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    3 But I have sent the brothers that our boasting on your behalf may not be in vain in this respect, that, just as I said, you may be prepared,

    4 so that I won't by any means, if there come with me any of Macedonia and find you unprepared, we (to say nothing of you) should be disappointed in this confident boasting.

  • 2 Cor 12:13
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    13 For what is there in which you were made inferior to the rest of the assemblies, unless it is that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong.

  • 2 Cor 10:13
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    13 But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.

  • Gal 1:10
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    10 For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? For if I were still pleasing men, I wouldn't be a servant of Christ.

  • 2 Cor 12:19
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    19 Again, do you think that we are excusing ourselves to you? In the sight of God we speak in Christ. But all things, beloved, are for your edifying.

  • 2 Cor 7:12
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    12 So although I wrote to you, I wrote not for his cause that did the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered the wrong, but that your earnest care for us might be revealed in you in the sight of God.