2 Corinthians 7:5

In Macedonia Paul found no rest, beset by conflicts outside and fears within. Even an apostle knew real anxiety and distress.

Cross-references · 22

• 2 Cor 2:13I had no peace in my spirit, because I did not find my brother Titus there. So I said goodbye to them and went on to Macedonia.
• Deut 32:25Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.
• Acts 20:1When the uproar had ended, Paul sent for the disciples. And after encouraging them, he said goodbye to them and left for Macedonia.
• 1 Th 3:5For this reason, when I could bear it no longer, I sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter had somehow tempted you and caused our labor to be in vain.
• Gal 4:11I fear for you, that my efforts for you may have been in vain.
• Matt 11:28–30Come to Me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.
• 2 Cor 11:23–30Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.
• 2 Cor 4:8–12We are hard pressed on all sides, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair;
• Job 18:11Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.
• 2 Cor 2:3I wrote as I did so that on my arrival I would not be saddened by those who ought to make me rejoice. I had confidence in all of you, that you would share my joy.
• Gen 8:9But the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.
• Isa 33:12The peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and set ablaze.
• 1 Cor 16:5After I go through Macedonia, however, I will come to you; for I will be going through Macedonia.
• Gal 4:19–20My children, for whom I am again in the pains of childbirth until Christ is formed in you,
• Jer 20:10For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.”
• Jer 8:18My sorrow is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me.
• Jer 6:25Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.
• 2 Cor 1:16–17I wanted to visit you on my way to Macedonia, and to return to you from Macedonia, and then to have you help me on my way to Judea.
• Jer 45:3You have said, ‘Woe is me because the LORD has added sorrow to my pain! I am worn out with groaning and have found no rest.’”
• 1 Cor 15:31I face death every day, brothers, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.
• 2 Cor 2:9My purpose in writing you was to see if you would stand the test and be obedient in everything.
• 2 Cor 12:20–21For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.

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