Bible Cross References
that I
2 Corinthians 12:20
I am afraid that when I get there I will find you different from what I would like you to be and you will find me different from what you would like me to be. I am afraid that I will find quarreling and jealousy, hot tempers and selfishness, insults and gossip, pride and disorder.
2 Corinthians 13:2
I want to tell those of you who have sinned in the past, and all the others; I said it before during my second visit to you, but I will say it again now that I am away: the next time I come nobody will escape punishment.
2 Corinthians 13:10
That is why I write this while I am away from you; it is so that when I arrive I will not have to deal harshly with you in using the authority that the Lord has given me---authority to build you up, not to tear you down.
1 Corinthians 4:19-21
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If the Lord is willing, however, I will come to you soon, and then I will find out for myself the power which these proud people have, and not just what they say.
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For the Kingdom of God is not a matter of words but of power.
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Which do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a whip, or in a spirit of love and gentleness?
we walked
2 Corinthians 11:9-13
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And during the time I was with you I did not bother you for help when I needed money; the believers who came from Macedonia brought me everything I needed. As in the past, so in the future: I will never be a burden to you!
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By Christ's truth in me, I promise that this boast of mine will not be silenced anywhere in all of Achaia.
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Do I say this because I don't love you? God knows I love you!
12
I will go on doing what I am doing now, in order to keep those other "apostles" from having any reason for boasting and saying that they work in the same way that we do.
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Those men are not true apostles---they are false apostles, who lie about their work and disguise themselves to look like real apostles of Christ.
2 Corinthians 12:13-19
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How were you treated any worse than the other churches, except that I did not bother you for financial help? Please forgive me for being so unfair!
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This is now the third time that I am ready to come to visit you---and I will not make any demands on you. It is you I want, not your money. After all, children should not have to provide for their parents, but parents should provide for their children.
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I will be glad to spend all I have, and myself as well, in order to help you. Will you love me less because I love you so much?
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You will agree, then, that I was not a burden to you. But someone will say that I was tricky, and trapped you with lies.
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How? Did I take advantage of you through any of the messengers I sent?
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I begged Titus to go, and I sent the other believer with him. Would you say that Titus took advantage of you? Do not he and I act from the very same motives and behave in the same way?
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Perhaps you think that all along we have been trying to defend ourselves before you. No! We speak as Christ would have us speak in the presence of God, and everything we do, dear friends, is done to help you.
Romans 8:1
There is no condemnation now for those who live in union with Christ Jesus.
Romans 8:5
Those who live as their human nature tells them to, have their minds controlled by what human nature wants. Those who live as the Spirit tells them to, have their minds controlled by what the Spirit wants.
Galatians 5:16-25
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What I say is this: let the Spirit direct your lives, and you will not satisfy the desires of the human nature.
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For what our human nature wants is opposed to what the Spirit wants, and what the Spirit wants is opposed to what our human nature wants. These two are enemies, and this means that you cannot do what you want to do.
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If the Spirit leads you, then you are not subject to the Law.
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What human nature does is quite plain. It shows itself in immoral, filthy, and indecent actions;
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in worship of idols and witchcraft. People become enemies and they fight; they become jealous, angry, and ambitious. They separate into parties and groups;
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they are envious, get drunk, have orgies, and do other things like these. I warn you now as I have before: those who do these things will not possess the Kingdom of God.
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But the Spirit produces love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
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humility, and self-control. There is no law against such things as these.
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And those who belong to Christ Jesus have put to death their human nature with all its passions and desires.
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The Spirit has given us life; he must also control our lives.
Ephesians 2:2
At that time you followed the world's evil way; you obeyed the ruler of the spiritual powers in space, the spirit who now controls the people who disobey God.
Ephesians 2:3
Actually all of us were like them and lived according to our natural desires, doing whatever suited the wishes of our own bodies and minds. In our natural condition we, like everyone else, were destined to suffer God's anger.