2 Corinthians 11:28

On top of external sufferings, Paul carries the daily inward pressure of his anxious care for all the churches. It matters because true pastoral love bears an unseen but constant burden for God's people.

Cross-references · 11

• 1 Cor 7:17Only, as the Lord has distributed to each man, as God has called each, so let him walk. So I command in all the assemblies.
• Rom 15:16that I should be a servant of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles, serving as a priest of the Good News of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be made acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
• Acts 20:18–35When they had come to him, he said to them, “You yourselves know, from the first day that I set foot in Asia, how I was with you all the time,
• Acts 18:23Having spent some time there, he departed, and went through the region of Galatia, and Phrygia, in order, establishing all the disciples.
• Acts 15:40–41but Paul chose Silas, and went out, being commended by the brothers to the grace of God.
• Rom 11:13For I speak to you who are Gentiles. Since then as I am an apostle to Gentiles, I glorify my ministry;
• Rom 16:4who for my life, laid down their own necks; to whom not only I give thanks, but also all the assemblies of the Gentiles.
• Col 2:1For I desire to have you know how greatly I struggle for you, and for those at Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh;
• Acts 20:2When he had gone through those parts, and had encouraged them with many words, he came into Greece.
• Acts 15:36After some days Paul said to Barnabas, “Let’s return now and visit our brothers in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing.”
• Rom 1:14I am debtor both to Greeks and to foreigners, both to the wise and to the foolish.

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