2 Corinthians 13:4

Christ was crucified in weakness yet lives by God's power, and Paul shares both his weakness and his risen power toward them. It matters because the cross-and-resurrection pattern shapes the whole of Christian ministry.

Cross-references · 22

• 1 Pet 3:18Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God; being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit;
• Rom 6:4We were buried therefore with him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.
• 2 Cor 10:3–4For though we walk in the flesh, we don’t wage war according to the flesh;
• Rom 6:8–11But if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him;
• 2 Tim 2:11–12This saying is trustworthy: “For if we died with him, we will also live with him.
• 1 Cor 2:3I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.
• Heb 5:7He, in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and petitions with strong crying and tears to him who was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,
• Phil 2:7–11but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.
• 1 Cor 15:43It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.
• John 10:18No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down by myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. I received this commandment from my Father.”
• Luke 22:43–44An angel from heaven appeared to him, strengthening him.
• Eph 1:19–23and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might
• Phil 3:10that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death;
• Rom 14:9For to this end Christ died, rose, and lived again, that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.
• Acts 4:10–12be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, in him does this man stand here before you whole.
• Rom 1:4who was declared to be the Son of God with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead, Jesus Christ our Lord,
• 2 Cor 4:7–12But we have this treasure in clay vessels, that the exceeding greatness of the power may be of God, and not from ourselves.
• Acts 2:36“Let all the house of Israel therefore know certainly that God has made him both Lord and Christ, this Jesus whom you crucified.”
• 1 Pet 3:22who is at the right hand of God, having gone into heaven, angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him.
• 2 Cor 10:10For, “His letters”, they say, “are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised.”
• Acts 3:16By faith in his name, his name has made this man strong, whom you see and know. Yes, the faith which is through him has given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.
• Rev 1:17–18When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, “Don’t be afraid. I am the first and the last,

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