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 3:18For Christ also suffered for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God. He was put to death in the body but made alive in the Spirit,
• Rom 6:4We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.
• 2 Cor 10:3–4For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.
• Rom 6:8–11Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him.
• 2 Tim 2:11–12This is a trustworthy saying: If we died with Him, we will also live with Him;
• 1 Cor 2:3I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.
• Heb 5:7During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.
• Phil 2:7–11but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness.
• 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 from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father.”
• Luke 22:43–44Then an angel from heaven appeared to Him and strengthened Him.
• Eph 1:19–23and the surpassing greatness of His power to us who believe. These are in accordance with the working of His mighty strength,
• Phil 3:10I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death,
• Rom 14:9For this reason Christ died and returned to life, that He might be the Lord of both the dead and the living.
• Acts 4:10–12then let this be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel: It is by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom you crucified but whom God raised from the dead, that this man stands before you healed.
• Rom 1:4and who through the Spirit of holiness was declared with power to be the Son of God by His resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord.
• 2 Cor 4:7–12Now we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us.
• Acts 2:36Therefore let all Israel know with certainty that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, both Lord and Christ!”
• 1 Pet 3:22who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers subject to Him.
• 2 Cor 10:10For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”
• Acts 3:16By faith in the name of Jesus, this man whom you see and know has been made strong. It is Jesus’ name and the faith that comes through Him that has given him this complete healing in your presence.
• Rev 1:17–18When I saw Him, I fell at His feet like a dead man. But He placed His right hand on me and said, “Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last,

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