2 Corinthians 5:11

New International Reader's Version

We know what it means to have respect for the Lord. So we try to help other people to understand it. What we are is plain to God. I hope it is also plain to your way of thinking.

Cross References

Genesis 35:5

Then Jacob and everyone with him started out. The terror of God fell on the towns all around them. So no one chased them.

Job 18:11

Terrors alarm them on every side. They follow them every step of the way.

Job 31:23

I was afraid God would destroy me. His glory terrifies me. So I’d never do things like that.

Job 6:4

The Mighty One has shot me with his arrows. I have to drink their poison. God’s terrors are aimed at me.

Psalm 73:19

It will happen very suddenly. A terrible death will take them away completely.

Psalm 76:7

People should have respect for you alone. Who can stand in front of you when you are angry?

Psalm 90:11

If only we knew the power of your anger! It’s as great as the respect we should have for you.

Isaiah 19:16

In days to come, the people of Egypt will become weak. The Lord who rules over all will raise his hand against them. Then they will tremble with fear.

Isaiah 33:14

The sinners in Zion are terrified. They tremble with fear. They say, ‘Who of us can live through the Lord’s destroying fire? Who of us can live through the fire that burns forever?’

Nahum 1:6

Who can stand firm when his anger burns? Who can live when he is angry? His anger blazes out like fire. He smashes the rocks to pieces.

Matthew 10:28

Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but can’t kill the soul. Instead, be afraid of the one who can destroy both soul and body in hell.

Matthew 25:46

“Then they will go away to be punished forever. But those who have done what is right will receive eternal life.”

Luke 12:5

I will show you whom you should be afraid of. Be afraid of the one who has the authority to throw you into hell after you have been killed. Yes, I tell you, be afraid of him.

Luke 16:31

“Abraham said to him, ‘They do not listen to Moses and the Prophets. So they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the dead.’ ”

Acts 13:43

The people were told they could leave the service. Many Jews followed Paul and Barnabas. Many Gentiles who faithfully worshiped the God of the Jews did the same. Paul and Barnabas talked with them. They tried to get them to keep living in God’s grace.

Acts 18:13

They made a charge against Paul. They said, “This man is talking people into worshiping God in wrong ways. Those ways are against the law.”

Acts 18:4

Every Sabbath day he went to the synagogue. He was trying to get both Jews and Greeks to believe in the Lord.

Acts 19:26

You have seen and heard what this fellow Paul is doing. He has talked to large numbers of people here in Ephesus. Almost everywhere in Asia Minor he has led people away from our gods. He says that the gods made by human hands are not gods at all.

Acts 26:26

The king is familiar with these things. So I can speak openly to him. I am certain he knows everything that has been going on. After all, it was not done in secret.

Acts 28:23

They decided to meet Paul on a certain day. At that time even more people came to the place where he was staying. From morning until evening, he told them about God’s kingdom. Using the Law of Moses and the Prophets, he tried to get them to believe in Jesus.

2 Corinthians 2:17

Unlike many people, we aren’t selling God’s word to make money. In fact, it is just the opposite. Because of Christ we speak honestly before God. We speak like people God has sent.

2 Corinthians 5:20

So we are Christ’s official messengers. It is as if God were making his appeal through us. Here is what Christ wants us to beg you to do. Come back to God!

2 Corinthians 6:1

We work together with God. So we are asking you not to receive God’s grace and then do nothing with it.

Galatians 1:10

Am I now trying to get people to think well of me? Or do I want God to think well of me? Am I trying to please people? If I were, I would not be serving Christ.

Ephesians 5:21

Follow the lead of one another because of your respect for Christ.

Hebrews 10:31

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

Hebrews 12:29

Our “God is like a fire that burns everything up.” (Deuteronomy 4:24)

Jude 1:23

Save others by pulling them out of the fire. To others, show mercy mixed with fear of sin. Hate even the clothes that are stained by the sins of those who wear them.

Revelation 20:15

Anyone whose name was not written in the book of life was thrown into the lake of fire.