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 2:19–20I will betroth you to me forever. Yes, I will betroth you to me in righteousness, in justice, in loving kindness, and in compassion.
• Eph 5:26–27that he might sanctify it, having cleansed it by the washing of water with the word,
• Isa 54:5For your Maker is your husband; Yahweh of Armies is his name. The Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer. He will be called the God of the whole earth.
• Col 1:28whom we proclaim, admonishing every man and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus;
• Lev 21:13–15“‘He shall take a wife in her virginity.
• John 3:29He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice. This, my joy, therefore is made full.
• Isa 62:4–5You will not be called Forsaken any more; nor will your land be called Desolate any more: but you will be called Hephzibah, and your land Beulah; for Yahweh delights in you, and your land will be married.
• Rom 7:4Therefore, my brothers, you also were made dead to the law through the body of Christ, that you would be joined to another, to him who was raised from the dead, that we might produce fruit to God.
• Gen 24:58–67They called Rebekah, and said to her, “Will you go with this man?” She said, “I will go.”
• Ezek 44:22Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her who is put away; but they shall take virgins of the offspring of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.
• Phil 1:8For God is my witness, how I long after all of you in the tender mercies of Christ Jesus.
• Gal 4:17–19They zealously seek you in no good way. No, they desire to alienate you, that you may seek them.
• Gen 24:2–5Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over all that he had, “Please put your hand under my thigh.
• Ps 45:10–11Listen, daughter, consider, and turn your ear. Forget your own people, and also your father’s house.
• 2 Cor 4:14knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will present us with you.
• 1 Cor 4:15For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the Good News.
• Gal 4:11I am afraid for you, that I might have wasted my labor for you.
• 1 Th 2:11As you know, we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children,

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