2 Corinthians 5:11

Knowing the Lord is to be feared, Paul earnestly seeks to persuade people, his sincerity open before God. Reverence for God drives honest, persuasive ministry.

Cross-references · 36

• Jude 1:23save others by snatching them from the fire; and to still others show mercy tempered with fear, hating even the clothing stained by the flesh.
• Heb 10:31It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
• 2 Tim 2:24–26And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing.
• 2 Cor 4:1–2Therefore, since God in His mercy has given us this ministry, we do not lose heart.
• Luke 12:5But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him!
• Rev 20:15And if anyone was found whose name was not written in the Book of Life, he was thrown into the lake of fire.
• 2 Cor 5:20Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.
• 2 Cor 6:1As God’s fellow workers, then, we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain.
• Ps 90:11Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.
• Acts 18:13“This man is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law,” they said.
• 2 Cor 1:12–14And this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.
• Ps 76:7You alone are to be feared. When You are angry, who can stand before You?
• Nah 1:6Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.
• Job 31:23For calamity from God terrifies me, and His splendor I cannot overpower.
• 1 Th 2:3–12For our appeal does not arise from deceit or ulterior motives or trickery.
• Mark 9:43–50If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two hands and go into hell, into the unquenchable fire.
• Isa 33:14The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”
• Matt 10:28Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Instead, fear the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.
• Acts 19:26And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.
• Ps 73:19How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!
• 1 Cor 4:4–5My conscience is clear, but that does not vindicate me. It is the Lord who judges me.
• Acts 28:23So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of Moses and the Prophets.
• Gen 35:5As they set out, a terror from God fell over the surrounding cities, so that they did not pursue Jacob’s sons.
• Acts 20:18–27When they came to him, he said, “You know how I lived the whole time I was with you, from the first day I arrived in the province of Asia.
• Ps 88:15–16From my youth I was afflicted and near death. I have borne Your terrors; I am in despair.
• Acts 26:26For the king knows about these matters, and I can speak freely to him. I am confident that none of this has escaped his notice, because it was not done in a corner.
• Luke 16:31Then Abraham said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”
• Col 1:28–29We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.
• Mark 8:35–38For whoever wants to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and for the gospel will save it.
• 2 Cor 2:17For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.
• Matt 25:46And they will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”
• Acts 13:43After the synagogue was dismissed, many of the Jews and devout converts to Judaism followed Paul and Barnabas, who spoke to them and urged them to continue in the grace of God.
• Job 6:4For the arrows of the Almighty have pierced me; my spirit drinks in their poison; the terrors of God are arrayed against me.
• Job 18:11Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.
• Acts 18:4Every Sabbath he reasoned in the synagogue, trying to persuade Jews and Greeks alike.
• Gal 1:10Am I now seeking the approval of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a servant of Christ.

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