2 Corinthians 10:1

Paul appeals to the Corinthians by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, answering critics who called him bold in letters but timid in person. He defends his apostolic ministry humbly.

Cross-references · 33

• Matt 11:29Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.
• 2 Cor 10:10For, “His letters”, they say, “are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised.”
• Rom 12:1Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.
• Gal 5:2Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.
• Isa 42:3–4He won’t break a bruised reed. He won’t quench a dimly burning wick. He will faithfully bring justice.
• 2 Cor 12:7–9By reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted excessively, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me, that I should not be exalted excessively.
• 2 Cor 11:30If I must boast, I will boast of the things that concern my weakness.
• 1 Cor 2:3I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.
• 1 Cor 16:21–22This greeting is by me, Paul, with my own hand.
• Acts 8:32Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he doesn’t open his mouth.
• Eph 4:1I therefore, the prisoner in the Lord, beg you to walk worthily of the calling with which you were called,
• 2 Cor 3:12Having therefore such a hope, we use great boldness of speech,
• 2 Th 3:17The greeting of me, Paul, with my own hand, which is the sign in every letter: this is how I write.
• Ps 45:4In your majesty ride on victoriously on behalf of truth, humility, and righteousness. Let your right hand display awesome deeds.
• Rom 10:20Isaiah is very bold, and says, “I was found by those who didn’t seek me. I was revealed to those who didn’t ask for me.”
• Rev 1:9I John, your brother and partner with you in the oppression, Kingdom, and perseverance in Christ Jesus, was on the isle that is called Patmos because of God’s Word and the testimony of Jesus Christ.
• 2 Cor 5:20We are therefore ambassadors on behalf of Christ, as though God were entreating by us: we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
• 2 Cor 13:2–4I have said beforehand, and I do say beforehand, as when I was present the second time, so now, being absent, I write to those who have sinned before now, and to all the rest, that, if I come again, I will not spare;
• Matt 21:5“Tell the daughter of Zion, behold, your King comes to you, humble, and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey.”
• 1 Cor 4:10We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have dishonor.
• Zech 9:9Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion! Shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King comes to you! He is righteous, and having salvation; lowly, and riding on a donkey, even on a colt, the foal of a donkey.
• Gal 4:13but you know that because of weakness of the flesh I preached the Good News to you the first time.
• 2 Cor 10:2Yes, I beg you that I may not, when present, show courage with the confidence with which I intend to be bold against some, who consider us to be walking according to the flesh.
• 2 Cor 6:1Working together, we entreat also that you not receive the grace of God in vain,
• Rom 15:15But I write the more boldly to you in part, as reminding you, because of the grace that was given to me by God,
• 1 Pet 2:22–23who did not sin, “neither was deceit found in his mouth.”
• Phlm 1:9yet for love’s sake I rather beg, being such a one as Paul, the aged, but also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
• 2 Cor 10:7Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ’s, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ’s, so also we are Christ’s.
• 2 Cor 7:4Great is my boldness of speech toward you. Great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I overflow with joy in all our affliction.
• 2 Cor 11:21I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet in whatever way anyone is bold (I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.
• 1 Pet 2:11Beloved, I beg you as foreigners and pilgrims, to abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
• Matt 12:19–20He will not strive, nor shout; neither will anyone hear his voice in the streets.
• 2 Cor 12:5On behalf of such a one I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except in my weaknesses.

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