Bible Cross References
must
2 Corinthians 11:16-18
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I repeat: no one should think that I am a fool. But if you do, at least accept me as a fool, just so I will have a little to boast of.
17
Of course what I am saying now is not what the Lord would have me say; in this matter of boasting I am really talking like a fool.
18
But since there are so many who boast for merely human reasons, I will do the same.
2 Corinthians 12:1
I have to boast, even though it doesn't do any good. But I will now talk about visions and revelations given me by the Lord.
2 Corinthians 12:11
I am acting like a fool---but you have made me do it. You are the ones who ought to show your approval of me. For even if I am nothing, I am in no way inferior to those very special "apostles" of yours.
Proverbs 25:27
Too much honey is bad for you, and so is trying to win too much praise.
Proverbs 27:2
Let other people praise you---even strangers; never do it yourself.
Jeremiah 9:23
The LORD says, "The wise should not boast of their wisdom, nor the strong of their strength, nor the rich of their wealth.
Jeremiah 9:24
If any want to boast, they should boast that they know and understand me, because my love is constant, and I do what is just and right. These are the things that please me. I, the LORD, have spoken."
I will
2 Corinthians 12:5-10
5
So I will boast about this man---but I will not boast about myself, except the things that show how weak I am.
6
If I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be telling the truth. But I will not boast, because I do not want any of you to have a higher opinion of me than you have as a result of what you have seen me do and heard me say.
7
But to keep me from being puffed up with pride because of the many wonderful things I saw, I was given a painful physical ailment, which acts as Satan's messenger to beat me and keep me from being proud.
8
Three times I prayed to the Lord about this and asked him to take it away.
9
But his answer was: "My grace is all you need, for my power is greatest when you are weak." I am most happy, then, to be proud of my weaknesses, in order to feel the protection of Christ's power over me.
10
I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Colossians 1:24
And now I am happy about my sufferings for you, for by means of my physical sufferings I am helping to complete what still remains of Christ's sufferings on behalf of his body, the church.