2 Corinthians 11:20
For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.
Context
This verse from 2 Corinthians Chapter 11 connects to 10 cross-references. Paul's 'foolish' boasting: he is presenting the Corinthians as a pure virgin to Christ, and fears they will be deceived as Eve was. He argues his apostleship against the 'super-apostles.' His résumé of suffering: five times forty lashes, three times …
Other Translations
For ye bear with a man, if he bringeth you into bondage, if he devoureth you, if he taketh you captive, if he exalteth himself, if he smiteth you on the face.
for ye bear, if any one is bringing you under bondage, if any one doth devour, if any one doth take away, if any one doth exalt himself, if any one on the face doth smite you;
You put up with a man if he makes servants of you, if he makes profit out of you, if he makes you prisoners, if he puts himself in a high place, if he gives you blows on the face.
Cross References
I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not …
And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy …
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As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh, they constrain you to be circumcised; only lest …
I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you …
Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke …
For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with …
But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the …
Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we …