2 Corinthians 5:11

New Century Version

Since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to help people accept the truth about us. God knows what we really are, and I hope that in your hearts you know, too.

Cross References

Genesis 35:5

Then Jacob and his sons left there. But God caused the people in the nearby cities to be afraid, so they did not follow them.

Job 18:11

Terrible things startle them from every side and chase them at every step.

Job 31:23

I fear destruction from God, and I fear his majesty, so I could not do such things.

Job 6:4

The arrows of the Almighty are in me; my spirit drinks in their poison; God’s terrors are gathered against me.

Psalm 73:19

They are destroyed in a moment; they are swept away by terrors.

Psalm 76:7

You are feared; no one can stand against you when you are angry.

Psalm 90:11

Who knows the full power of your anger? Your anger is as great as our fear of you should be.

Isaiah 19:16

In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will be afraid of the Lord All-Powerful, because he will raise his hand to strike them down.

Isaiah 33:14

The sinners in Jerusalem are afraid; those who are separated from God shake with fear. They say, “Can any of us live through this fire that destroys? Who can live near this fire that burns on and on?”

Nahum 1:6

No one can stay alive when he is angry; no one can survive his strong anger. His anger is poured out like fire; the rocks are smashed by him.

Matthew 10:28

Don’t be afraid of people, who can kill the body but cannot kill the soul. The only one you should fear is the one who can destroy the soul and the body in hell.

Matthew 25:46

“These people will go off to be punished forever, but the good people will go to live forever.”

Luke 12:5

I will show you the one to fear. Fear the one who has the power to kill you and also to throw you into hell. Yes, this is the one you should fear.

Luke 16:31

But Abraham said to him, ‘If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not listen to someone who comes back from the dead.’ ”

Acts 13:43

When the meeting was over, many people with those who had changed to worship God followed Paul and Barnabas from that place. Paul and Barnabas were persuading them to continue trusting in God’s grace.

Acts 18:13

They said, “This man is teaching people to worship God in a way that is against our law.”

Acts 18:4

Every Sabbath day he talked with the Jews and Greeks in the synagogue, trying to persuade them to believe in Jesus.

Acts 19:26

But look at what this man Paul is doing. He has convinced and turned away many people in Ephesus and in almost all of Asia! He says the gods made by human hands are not real.

Acts 26:26

King Agrippa knows about these things, and I can speak freely to him. I know he has heard about all of these things, because they did not happen off in a corner.

Acts 28:23

Paul and the people chose a day for a meeting and on that day many more of the Jews met with Paul at the place he was staying. He spoke to them all day long. Using the law of Moses and the prophets’ writings, he explained the kingdom of God, and he tried to persuade them to believe these things about Jesus.

2 Corinthians 2:17

We do not sell the word of God for a profit as many other people do. But in Christ we speak the truth before God, as messengers of God.

2 Corinthians 5:20

So we have been sent to speak for Christ. It is as if God is calling to you through us. We speak for Christ when we beg you to be at peace with God.

2 Corinthians 6:1

We are workers together with God, so we beg you: Do not let the grace that you received from God be for nothing.

Galatians 1:10

Do you think I am trying to make people accept me? No, God is the One I am trying to please. Am I trying to please people? If I still wanted to please people, I would not be a servant of Christ.

Ephesians 5:21

Yield to obey each other as you would to Christ.

Hebrews 10:31

It is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Hebrews 12:29

because our God is like a fire that burns things up.

Jude 1:23

Take others out of the fire, and save them. Show mercy mixed with fear to others, hating even their clothes which are dirty from sin.

Revelation 20:15

And anyone whose name was not found written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.