2 Corinthians 5:16

Easy To Read Version

That is why we never become weak. Our physical body is becoming older and weaker, but our spirit inside us is made new every day.

Cross References

Numbers 10:30

But Hobab answered, “No, I will not go with you. I will go back to my homeland and to my own people.”

Matthew 10:37

“Any person that loves his father or mother more than he loves me is not good enough to follow me. Any person who loves his son or daughter more than he loves me is not good enough to follow me.

John 15:14

You are my friends if you do the things I tell you to do.

John 2:4

Jesus answered, “Dear woman, you should not tell me what to do. It is not yet time for me to begin my work.”

John 6:63

It is not the body that gives a person life. It is the spirit that gives life. The things I told you are spirit. And so these things give life.

John 8:15

You judge me the way people judge other people. I don’t judge any person.

2 Corinthians 11:18

Many people are boasting about their lives in the world. So I will boast too.

Galatians 5:6

When a person is in Christ Jesus, it is not important if he is circumcised or not. The important thing is faith—the kind of faith that works through love.

Deuteronomy 33:9

{They cared more for you, Lord, than for their own families.} They ignored their fathers and mothers. They did not recognize their brothers. They did not pay attention to their children. But they obeyed your commands. They kept your Agreement.

Philippians 3:4

Even if I am able to trust in myself, still I don’t trust in myself. If any other person thinks that he has a reason to trust in himself, then he should know that I have a greater reason for trusting in myself.

Colossians 3:11

In the new life there is no difference between Greeks and Jews. There is no difference between people that are circumcised {\cf2\super [16]} and people that are not circumcised, or people that are from some foreign country, or Scythians. {\cf2\super [17]} There is no difference between slaves and free people. But Christ is in all those believers. And Christ is all that is important.

James 3:17

But the wisdom that comes from God is like this: First, it is pure. It is also peaceful, gentle, and easy to please. This wisdom is always ready to help people who have trouble and to do good things for other people. This wisdom is always fair and honest.

1 Samuel 2:29

So why don’t you respect those sacrifices and gifts? You honor your sons more than me. You become fat on the best parts of the meat—and the people of Israel bring that meat to me.’