2 Corinthians 11:2

Paul feels a godly jealousy for the Corinthians, having betrothed them to Christ to present them as a pure bride. He longs to keep them faithful to their one true husband.

Cross-references · 18

• Hos 2:19–20So I will betroth you to Me forever; I will betroth you in righteousness and justice, in loving devotion and compassion.
• Eph 5:26–27to sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word,
• Isa 54:5For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
• Col 1:28We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.
• Lev 21:13–15The woman he marries must be a virgin.
• John 3:29The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom stands and listens for him, and is overjoyed to hear the bridegroom’s voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete.
• Isa 62:4–5No longer will you be called Forsaken, nor your land named Desolate; but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for the LORD will take delight in you, and your land will be His bride.
• Rom 7:4Therefore, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to Him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.
• Gen 24:58–67They called Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go with this man?” “I will go,” she replied.
• Ezek 44:22And they shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but must marry a virgin of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow of a priest.
• Phil 1:8God is my witness how I long for all of you with the affection of Christ Jesus.
• Gal 4:17–19Those people are zealous for you, but not in a good way. Instead, they want to isolate you from us, so that you may be zealous for them.
• Gen 24:2–5So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,
• Ps 45:10–11Listen, O daughter! Consider and incline your ear: Forget your people and your father’s house,
• 2 Cor 4:14knowing that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in His presence.
• 1 Cor 4:15Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.
• Gal 4:11I fear for you, that my efforts for you may have been in vain.
• 1 Th 2:11For you know that we treated each of you as a father treats his own children—

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