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2 Corinthians 12:11
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2 Corinthians 12:11
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Concern for the Corinthian Church
11 (A)I have been a fool! You forced me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I was (B)not at all inferior to these super-apostles, (C)even though I am nothing.
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2 Corinthians 12:11
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2 Corinthians 12:11
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Paul’s Concern for the Corinthians
11 I have made a fool of myself,(A) but you drove me to it. I ought to have been commended by you, for I am not in the least inferior to the “super-apostles,”[a](B) even though I am nothing.(C)
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- 2 Corinthians 12:11 Or the most eminent apostles
2 Corinthians 11:5
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2 Corinthians 11:5
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5 Indeed, I consider that (A)I am not in the least inferior to these super-apostles.
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2 Corinthians 11:5
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2 Corinthians 11:5
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- 2 Corinthians 11:5 Or to the most eminent apostles
2 Corinthians 11:1
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2 Corinthians 11:1
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Paul and the False Apostles
11 I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness. Do bear with me!
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2 Corinthians 11:1
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2 Corinthians 11:1
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Paul and the False Apostles
11 I hope you will put up with(A) me in a little foolishness.(B) Yes, please put up with me!
1 Corinthians 15:8-10
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1 Corinthians 15:8-10
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8 Last of all, as to one untimely born, (A)he appeared also to me. 9 For (B)I am the least of the apostles, unworthy to be called an apostle, because (C)I persecuted the church of God. 10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, (D)I worked harder than any of them, (E)though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.
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1 Corinthians 15:8-10
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1 Corinthians 15:8-10
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8 and last of all he appeared to me also,(A) as to one abnormally born.
9 For I am the least of the apostles(B) and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecuted(C) the church of God.(D) 10 But by the grace(E) of God I am what I am, and his grace to me(F) was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them(G)—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.(H)
Ephesians 3:8
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Ephesians 3:8
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8 To me, (A)though I am the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, (B)to preach to the Gentiles the (C)unsearchable (D)riches of Christ,
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Ephesians 3:8
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Ephesians 3:8
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8 Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people,(A) this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles(B) the boundless riches of Christ,(C)
Galatians 2:6-14
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Galatians 2:6-14
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6 And from those (A)who seemed to be influential (what they were makes no difference to me; (B)God shows no partiality)—those, I say, who seemed influential (C)added nothing to me. 7 On the contrary, when they saw that I had been (D)entrusted with (E)the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been entrusted with the gospel to the circumcised 8 (for he who worked through Peter for his apostolic ministry to the circumcised worked also through me for mine to the Gentiles), 9 and when James and Cephas and John, (F)who seemed to be (G)pillars, perceived the (H)grace that was given to me, they (I)gave the right hand of fellowship to Barnabas and me, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. 10 Only, they asked us to remember the poor, (J)the very thing I was eager to do.
Paul Opposes Peter
11 But (K)when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him (L)to his face, because he stood condemned. 12 For before certain men came from James, (M)he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing (N)the circumcision party.[a] 13 And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy. 14 But when I saw that their (O)conduct was not in step with (P)the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas (Q)before them all, “If you, though a Jew, (R)live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”
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- Galatians 2:12 Or fearing those of the circumcision
Galatians 2:6-14
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Galatians 2:6-14
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6 As for those who were held in high esteem(A)—whatever they were makes no difference to me; God does not show favoritism(B)—they added nothing to my message.(C) 7 On the contrary, they recognized that I had been entrusted with the task(D) of preaching the gospel to the uncircumcised,[a](E) just as Peter(F) had been to the circumcised.[b] 8 For God, who was at work in Peter as an apostle(G) to the circumcised, was also at work in me as an apostle(H) to the Gentiles. 9 James,(I) Cephas[c](J) and John, those esteemed as pillars,(K) gave me and Barnabas(L) the right hand of fellowship when they recognized the grace given to me.(M) They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles,(N) and they to the circumcised. 10 All they asked was that we should continue to remember the poor,(O) the very thing I had been eager to do all along.
Paul Opposes Cephas
11 When Cephas(P) came to Antioch,(Q) I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. 12 For before certain men came from James,(R) he used to eat with the Gentiles.(S) But when they arrived, he began to draw back and separate himself from the Gentiles because he was afraid of those who belonged to the circumcision group.(T) 13 The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy, so that by their hypocrisy even Barnabas(U) was led astray.
14 When I saw that they were not acting in line with the truth of the gospel,(V) I said to Cephas(W) in front of them all, “You are a Jew, yet you live like a Gentile and not like a Jew.(X) How is it, then, that you force Gentiles to follow Jewish customs?(Y)
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- Galatians 2:7 That is, Gentiles
- Galatians 2:7 That is, Jews; also in verses 8 and 9
- Galatians 2:9 That is, Peter; also in verses 11 and 14
2 Corinthians 12:12
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2 Corinthians 12:12
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12 (A)The signs of a true apostle were performed among you (B)with utmost patience, with signs and wonders and mighty works.
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2 Corinthians 12:12
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2 Corinthians 12:12
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12 I persevered in demonstrating among you the marks of a true apostle, including signs, wonders and miracles.(A)
2 Corinthians 12:6
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2 Corinthians 12:6
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6 though if I should wish to boast, (A)I would not be a fool, for I would be speaking the truth; but I refrain from it, so that no one may think more of me than he sees in me or hears from me.
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2 Corinthians 12:6
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2 Corinthians 12:6
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6 Even if I should choose to boast,(A) I would not be a fool,(B) because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted by what I do or say,
2 Corinthians 11:16-17
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2 Corinthians 11:16-17
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Paul's Sufferings as an Apostle
16 I repeat, (A)let no one think me foolish. But even if you do, accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little. 17 What I am saying (B)with this boastful confidence, (C)I say not as the Lord would[a] but as a fool.
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- 2 Corinthians 11:17 Greek not according to the Lord
2 Corinthians 11:16-17
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2 Corinthians 11:16-17
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Paul Boasts About His Sufferings
16 I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool.(A) But if you do, then tolerate me just as you would a fool, so that I may do a little boasting. 17 In this self-confident boasting I am not talking as the Lord would,(B) but as a fool.(C)
2 Corinthians 1:6
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2 Corinthians 1:6
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6 (A)If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer.
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2 Corinthians 1:6
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2 Corinthians 1:6
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6 If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation;(A) if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer.
1 Corinthians 3:22
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1 Corinthians 3:22
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22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours,
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1 Corinthians 3:22
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22 whether Paul or Apollos(A) or Cephas[a](B) or the world or life or death or the present or the future(C)—all are yours,
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- 1 Corinthians 3:22 That is, Peter
1 Corinthians 3:4-7
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1 Corinthians 3:4-7
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4 For (A)when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” (B)are you not being merely human?
5 What then is Apollos? What is Paul? (C)Servants through whom you believed, (D)as the Lord assigned to each. 6 (E)I planted, (F)Apollos watered, (G)but God gave the growth. 7 So (H)neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth.
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1 Corinthians 3:4-7
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4 For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,”(A) are you not mere human beings?
5 What, after all, is Apollos?(B) And what is Paul? Only servants,(C) through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task. 6 I planted the seed,(D) Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. 7 So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
Luke 17:10
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Luke 17:10
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10 So you also, when you have done all that you were commanded, say, ‘We are (A)unworthy servants;[a] we have only done what was our duty.’”
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- Luke 17:10 Or bondservants
Luke 17:10
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Luke 17:10
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10 So you also, when you have done everything you were told to do, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”(A)
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