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 2:19–20And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
• Eph 5:26–27That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,
• Isa 54:5For thy Maker is thine husband; the LORD of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
• Col 1:28Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
• Lev 21:13–15And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
• John 3:29He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
• Isa 62:4–5Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.
• Rom 7:4Wherefore, my brethren, ye also are become dead to the law by the body of Christ; that ye should be married to another, even to him who is raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit unto God.
• Gen 24:58–67And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.
• Ezek 44:22Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.
• Phil 1:8For God is my record, how greatly I long after you all in the bowels of Jesus Christ.
• Gal 4:17–19They zealously affect you, but not well; yea, they would exclude you, that ye might affect them.
• Gen 24:2–5And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
• Ps 45:10–11Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;
• 2 Cor 4:14Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.
• 1 Cor 4:15For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
• Gal 4:11I am afraid of you, lest I have bestowed upon you labour in vain.
• 1 Th 2:11As ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,

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