2 Corinthians 6:9

Paul is treated as unknown yet is well known, dying yet alive, punished yet not destroyed. God preserves His servants through apparent defeat.

Cross-references · 18

• 2 Cor 4:10–11We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
• Rom 8:36As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
• 2 Cor 1:8–10We do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the hardships we encountered in the province of Asia. We were under a burden far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life.
• 2 Cor 4:2Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.
• Ps 118:17–18I will not die, but I will live and proclaim what the LORD has done.
• 2 Cor 11:6Although I am not a polished speaker, I am certainly not lacking in knowledge. We have made this clear to you in every way possible.
• 1 Cor 4:9For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men.
• Acts 25:14–15Since they were staying several days, Festus laid out Paul’s case before the king: “There is a certain man whom Felix left in prison.
• Acts 25:19They only had some contentions with him regarding their own religion and a certain Jesus who had died, but whom Paul affirmed to be alive.
• Rom 15:19by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ.
• Acts 25:26I have nothing definite to write to our sovereign one about him. Therefore I have brought him before all of you, and especially before you, King Agrippa, so that after this inquiry I may have something to write.
• 1 Cor 11:32But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.
• Gal 1:22–24I was personally unknown, however, to the churches of Judea that are in Christ.
• Acts 21:37–38As they were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?” “Do you speak Greek?” he replied.
• Acts 17:18Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.
• 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.
• 1 Cor 15:31I face death every day, brothers, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• 2 Cor 5:11Therefore, since we know what it means to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men. What we are is clear to God, and I hope it is clear to your conscience as well.

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