2 Corinthians 11:23

The English Standar Version

Are they servants of Christ? I am a better one -- I am talking like a madman -- with far greater labors, far more imprisonments, with countless beatings, and often near death.

Cross References

Jeremiah 36:5

And Jeremiah ordered Baruch, saying, "I am banned from going to the house of the LORD,

Acts 14:19

But Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the crowds, they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.

Acts 20:23

except that the Holy Spirit testifies to me in every city that imprisonment and afflictions await me.

Acts 21:11

And coming to us, he took Paul's belt and bound his own feet and hands and said, "Thus says the Holy Spirit, 'This is how the Jews at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.' "

Acts 25:14

And as they stayed there many days, Festus laid Paul's case before the king, saying, "There is a man left prisoner by Felix,

Acts 27:1

And when it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan Cohort named Julius.

Acts 28:16

And when we came into Rome, Paul was allowed to stay by himself, with the soldier that guarded him.

Acts 28:30

He lived there two whole years at his own expense,[7] and welcomed all who came to him,

Acts 9:16

For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name."

Romans 8:36

As it is written, "For your sake we are being killed all the day long; we are regarded as sheep to be slaughtered."

1 Corinthians 15:10

But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not in vain. On the contrary, I worked harder than any of them, though it was not I, but the grace of God that is with me.

1 Corinthians 3:5

What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, as the Lord assigned to each.

1 Corinthians 4:1

This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

1 Corinthians 4:11

To the present hour we hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and buffeted and homeless,

1 Corinthians 4:9

For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men.

2 Corinthians 10:7

Look at what is before your eyes. If anyone is confident that he is Christ's, let him remind himself that just as he is Christ's, so also are we.

2 Corinthians 11:5

I consider that I am not in the least inferior to these super-apostles.

2 Corinthians 3:6

who has made us competent[3] to be ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit. For the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.

2 Corinthians 4:11

For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.

2 Corinthians 6:9

as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and behold, we live; as punished, and yet not killed;

Galatians 6:17

From now on let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.

Ephesians 3:1

For this reason I, Paul, a prisoner for Christ Jesus on behalf of you Gentiles --

Ephesians 4:1

I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called,

Ephesians 6:20

for which I am an ambassador in chains, that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.

Philippians 1:13

so that it has become known throughout the whole imperial guard[5] and to all the rest that my imprisonment is for Christ.

Philippians 2:17

Even if I am to be poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrificial offering of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all.

Colossians 1:24

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church,

Colossians 1:29

For this I toil, struggling with all his energy that he powerfully works within me.

1 Thessalonians 3:2

and we sent Timothy, our brother and God's coworker[1] in the gospel of Christ, to establish and exhort you in your faith,

1 Timothy 4:6

If you put these things before the brothers,[1] you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have followed.

2 Timothy 1:16

May the Lord grant mercy to the household of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chains,

2 Timothy 1:8

Therefore do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord, nor of me his prisoner, but share in suffering for the gospel by the power of God,

2 Timothy 2:9

for which I am suffering, bound with chains as a criminal. But the word of God is not bound!

2 Timothy 3:11

my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra -- which persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued me.

Philemon 1:9

yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you -- I, Paul, an old man and now a prisoner also for Christ Jesus --

Hebrews 10:34

For you had compassion on those in prison, and you joyfully accepted the plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one.