2 Corinthians 11:20

Catholic Public Domain Version

For you permit it when someone guides you into servitude, even if he devours you, even if he takes from you, even if he is extolled, even if he strikes you repeatedly on the face.

Cross References

Isaiah 50:6

I have given my body to those who strike me, and my cheeks to those who plucked them. I have not averted my face from those who rebuked me and who spit on me.

Lamentations 3:30

JOD. He shall give his cheek to those who strike him; he shall be saturated with reproaches.

Mark 12:40

who devour the houses of widows under the pretense of long prayers. These shall receive the more extensive judgment."

Luke 6:29

And to him who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also. And from him who takes away your coat, do not withhold even your tunic.

1 Corinthians 4:11

Even to this very hour, we hunger and thirst, and we are naked and repeatedly beaten, and we are unsteady.

2 Corinthians 1:24

not because we have dominion over your faith, but because we are assistants of your joy. For by faith you stand.

2 Corinthians 10:5

and height that extols itself contrary to the wisdom of God, and leading every intellect into the captivity of obedience to Christ,

2 Corinthians 11:3

But I am afraid lest, as the serpent led astray Eve by his cleverness, so your minds might be corrupted and might fall away from the simplicity which is in Christ.

2 Corinthians 12:16

And so be it. I have not burdened you, but instead, being astute, I obtained you by guile.

Galatians 2:4

but only because of false brothers, who were brought in unknowingly. They entered secretly to spy on our liberty, which we have in Christ Jesus, so that they might reduce us to servitude.

Galatians 4:25

For Sinai is a mountain in Arabia, which is related to the Jerusalem of the present time, and it serves with her sons.

Galatians 4:3

So also we, when we were children, were subservient to the influences of the world.

Galatians 4:9

But now, since you have known God, or rather, since you have been known by God: how can you turn away again, to weak and destitute influences, which you desire to serve anew?

Galatians 5:1

Stand firm, and do not be willing to be again held by the yoke of servitude.

Galatians 5:10

I have confidence in you, in the Lord, that you will accept nothing of the kind. However, he who disturbs you shall bear the judgment, whomever he may be.

Galatians 6:12

For as many of you as they desire to please in the flesh, they compel to be circumcised, but only so that they might not suffer the persecution of the cross of Christ.

Philippians 3:19

Their end is destruction; their god is their belly; and their glory is in their shame: for they are immersed in earthly things.

1 Thessalonians 2:5

And neither did we, at any time, become flattering in speech, as you know, nor did we seek an opportunity for avarice, as God is witness.