2 Corinthians 12:21

Easy To Read Version

I am afraid that when I come to you again, my God will make me humble before you. I may be saddened by many of you who have sinned. I may be saddened because those people have not changed their hearts to be sorry for their evil lives, for their sexual sins, and for the shameful things they have done.

Cross References

Ezra 10:1

Ezra was praying and confessing. He was crying and bowing down in front of God’s temple. While Ezra was doing that, a large group of the people of Israel—men, women, and children—gathered around him. Those people were also crying very hard.

Ezra 9:3

When I heard about this, I tore my robe and my coat \{to show I was upset\}. I pulled hair from my head and beard. I sat down, shocked and upset.

Psalm 119:136

I have cried a river of tears\par because people don’t obey your teachings.\par

Exodus 32:31

So Moses went back to the Lord and said, “Please listen! These people did a very bad sin and made a god from gold.

Jeremiah 13:17

If you people of Judah don’t listen to the Lord,\par I will hide and cry.\par Your pride will cause me to cry.\par I will cry very hard.\par My eyes will overflow with tears.\par Why? Because the Lord’s flock {\cf2\super [111]} \par will be captured.\par

Jeremiah 9:1

If my head was filled with water,\par and if my eyes were a fountain of tears,\par I would cry day and night\par for my people that have been destroyed.\par

Romans 13:13

We should live in a right way, like people that belong to the day. We should not have wild and wasteful parties. We should not be drunk. We should not do sexual sins or sin in any way with our bodies. We should not cause arguments and trouble or be jealous.

Romans 9:2

I have great sorrow and always feel much sadness \{for the Jewish people\}.

1 Corinthians 5:1

People are really saying that there is sexual sin among you. And it is such a bad kind of sexual sin that it does not happen even among those people that don’t know God. People say that a man there has his father’s wife.

2 Corinthians 10:6

We are ready to punish any person there who does not obey. But first we want you to obey fully.

2 Corinthians 12:7

But I must not become too proud of the wonderful things that were shown to me. So a painful problem {\cf2\super [45]} was given to me. That problem is an angel from Satan (the devil). It is sent to beat me and keep me from being too proud.

2 Corinthians 13:2

When I was with you the second time, I gave a warning to those people who had sinned. Now I am away from you, and I give a warning to all the other people \{who have sinned\}: When I come to you again, I will punish you \{for your sin\}.

2 Corinthians 8:24

So show these men that you really have love. Show them why we are proud of you. Then all the churches can see it.

Galatians 5:19

The wrong things our sinful self does are clear: doing sexual sins, not being pure, doing morally bad things,

Deuteronomy 9:15

“Then I turned and came down from the mountain. The mountain was burning with fire. And the two flat stones of the Agreement were in my hands.

Deuteronomy 9:25

“So I bowed down before the Lord 40 days and 40 nights. Why? Because the Lord said he would destroy you.

Colossians 3:5

So put all evil things out of your life: sexual sinning, doing evil, letting evil thoughts control you, wanting things that are evil, and selfishly wanting more and more. This wanting really means to live serving a false god.

Hebrews 13:4

Marriage should be honored by all people. And every marriage should be kept pure between only two people. God will judge guilty those people who do sexual sins and adultery. {\cf2\super [172]}

2 Peter 2:18

Those false teachers boast with words that mean nothing. They lead people into the trap \{of sin\}. They lead away people who are just beginning to come away from other people who live wrong. Those false teachers do this by using the evil things people want to do in their sinful selves.

Revelation 21:8

But the people who are cowards, people who refuse to believe, people who do terrible things, people who kill, people who sin sexually, people who do evil magic, people who worship idols, {\cf2\super [159]} and people who tell lies—all those people will have a place in the lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death.”

Revelation 22:15

Outside the city are the dogs (bad people), people who do evil magic, people who sin sexually, people who murder, people who worship idols, {\cf2\super [175]} and people who love lies and tell lies.

Revelation 22:20

\{Jesus is\} the One who says that these things are true. Now he says, “Yes, I am coming soon.”

1 Samuel 15:35

After that Samuel never saw Saul again all his life. Samuel was very sad for Saul. And the Lord was very sorry that he had made Saul king of Israel.