Bible Cross References
how to be
1 Corinthians 4:9-13
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For it seems to me that God has given the very last place to us apostles, like people condemned to die in public as a spectacle for the whole world of angels and of human beings.
10
For Christ's sake we are fools; but you are wise in union with Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! We are despised, but you are honored!
11
To this very moment we go hungry and thirsty; we are clothed in rags; we are beaten; we wander from place to place;
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we wear ourselves out with hard work. When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure;
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when we are insulted, we answer back with kind words. We are no more than this world's garbage; we are the scum of the earth to this very moment!
2 Corinthians 6:4-10
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Instead, in everything we do we show that we are God's servants by patiently enduring troubles, hardships, and difficulties.
5
We have been beaten, jailed, and mobbed; we have been overworked and have gone without sleep or food.
6
By our purity, knowledge, patience, and kindness we have shown ourselves to be God's servants---by the Holy Spirit, by our true love,
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by our message of truth, and by the power of God. We have righteousness as our weapon, both to attack and to defend ourselves.
8
We are honored and disgraced; we are insulted and praised. We are treated as liars, yet we speak the truth;
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as unknown, yet we are known by all; as though we were dead, but, as you see, we live on. Although punished, we are not killed;
10
although saddened, we are always glad; we seem poor, but we make many people rich; we seem to have nothing, yet we really possess everything.
2 Corinthians 10:1
I, Paul, make a personal appeal to you---I who am said to be meek and mild when I am with you, but harsh with you when I am away. By the gentleness and kindness of Christ
2 Corinthians 10:10
Someone will say, "Paul's letters are severe and strong, but when he is with us in person, he is weak, and his words are nothing!"
2 Corinthians 11:7
I did not charge you a thing when I preached the Good News of God to you; I humbled myself in order to make you important. Was that wrong of me?
2 Corinthians 11:27
There has been work and toil; often I have gone without sleep; I have been hungry and thirsty; I have often been without enough food, shelter, or clothing.
2 Corinthians 12:7-10
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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.
I am
Deuteronomy 32:10
"He found them wandering through the desert, a desolate, wind-swept wilderness. He protected them and cared for them, as he would protect himself.
Nehemiah 9:20
In your goodness you told them what they should do; you fed them manna and gave them water to drink.
Isaiah 8:11
With his great power the LORD warned me not to follow the road which the people were following. He said,
Jeremiah 31:19
We turned away from you, but soon we wanted to return. After you had punished us, we hung our heads in grief. We were ashamed and disgraced because we sinned when we were young.'
Matthew 11:29
Take my yoke and put it on you, and learn from me, because I am gentle and humble in spirit; and you will find rest.
Matthew 13:52
So he replied, "This means, then, that every teacher of the Law who becomes a disciple in the Kingdom of heaven is like a homeowner who takes new and old things out of his storage room."
Ephesians 4:20
That was not what you learned about Christ!
Ephesians 4:21
You certainly heard about him, and as his followers you were taught the truth that is in Jesus.