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 …
He giveth his cheek to him that smiteth him: he is filled full with reproach.
And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy …
Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; …
For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and …
Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain …
Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand.
And that because of false brethren unawares brought in, who came in privily to spy out our liberty which we …
Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world:
But now, after that ye have known God, or rather are known of God, how turn ye again to the …