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2 Corinthians 12:11
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2 Corinthians 12:11
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Signs of an Apostle
11 I have become (A)a fool [a]in boasting; you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you; for (B)in nothing was I behind the most eminent apostles, though (C)I am nothing.
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- 2 Corinthians 12:11 NU omits in boasting
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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Paul and False Apostles
5 For I consider that (A)I am not at all inferior to the most eminent 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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Concern for Their Faithfulness
11 Oh, that you would bear with me in a little (A)folly—and indeed you 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 (A)Then last of all He was seen by me also, as by one born out of due time.
9 For I am (B)the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because (C)I persecuted the church of God. 10 But (D)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, (E)yet not I, but the grace of God which was 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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Purpose of the Mystery
8 To me, (A)who am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given, that I should preach among the Gentiles (B)the unsearchable 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 But from those (A)who seemed to be something—whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; (B)God [a]shows personal favoritism to no man—for those who seemed to be something (C)added nothing to me. 7 But on the contrary, (D)when they saw that the gospel for the uncircumcised (E)had been committed to me, as the gospel for the circumcised was to Peter 8 (for He who worked effectively in Peter for the apostleship to the (F)circumcised (G)also (H)worked effectively in me toward the Gentiles), 9 and when James, [b]Cephas, and John, who seemed to be (I)pillars, perceived (J)the grace that had been given to me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, (K)that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. 10 They desired only that we should remember the poor, (L)the very thing which I also was eager to do.
No Return to the Law
11 (M)Now when [c]Peter had come to Antioch, I [d]withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed; 12 for before certain men came from James, (N)he would eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing [e]those who were of the circumcision. 13 And the rest of the Jews also played the hypocrite with him, so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy.
14 But when I saw that they were not straightforward about (O)the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter (P)before them all, (Q)“If you, being a Jew, live in the manner of Gentiles and not as the Jews, [f]why do you compel Gentiles to live as [g]Jews?
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- Galatians 2:6 Lit. does not receive the face of a man
- Galatians 2:9 Peter
- Galatians 2:11 NU Cephas
- Galatians 2:11 opposed
- Galatians 2:12 Jewish Christians
- Galatians 2:14 NU how can you
- Galatians 2:14 Some interpreters stop the quotation here.
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)Truly the signs of an apostle were accomplished among you with all perseverance, in signs and (B)wonders and mighty (C)deeds.
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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 For though I might desire to boast, I will not be a fool; for I will speak the truth. But I refrain, lest anyone should think of me above what he sees me to be 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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Reluctant Boasting
16 I say again, let no one think me a fool. If otherwise, at least receive me as a fool, that I also may boast a little. 17 What I speak, (A)I speak not according to the Lord, but as it were, foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
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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 Now if we are afflicted, (A)it is for your consolation and salvation, which is effective for enduring the same sufferings which we also suffer. Or if we are comforted, it is for your consolation and salvation.
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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 things present or things to come—all are yours.
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1 Corinthians 3:22
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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 when one says, “I am of Paul,” and another, “I am of Apollos,” are you not carnal?
Watering, Working, Warning
5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but (A)ministers through whom you believed, as the Lord gave to each one? 6 (B)I planted, (C)Apollos watered, (D)but God gave the increase. 7 So then (E)neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase.
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1 Corinthians 3:4-7
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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 likewise you, when you have done all those things which you are commanded, say, ‘We are (A)unprofitable servants. We have done what was our duty to do.’ ”
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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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