2Cor 5:12 Cross References

2 Corinthians 5:12

12: Are we trying to pat ourselves on the back again? No, we are giving you a reason to be proud of us, so you can answer those who brag about having a spectacular ministry rather than having a sincere heart before God.

2 Corinthians 3:1

  1. Are we beginning again to tell you how good we are? Some people need to bring letters of recommendation with them or ask you to write letters of recommendation for them.

2 Corinthians 1:14

  1. even if you don't fully understand us now. Then on the day when our Lord Jesus comes back again, you will be proud of us in the same way we are proud of you.

2 Corinthians 11:12

  1. But I will continue doing this to cut the ground out from under the feet of those who boast that their work is just like ours.
  2. These people are false apostles. They have fooled you by disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.
  3. But I am not surprised! Even Satan can disguise himself as an angel of light.
  4. So it is no wonder his servants can also do it by pretending to be godly ministers. In the end they will get every bit of punishment their wicked deeds deserve.
  5. Once again, don't think that I have lost my wits to talk like this. But even if you do, listen to me, as you would to a foolish person, while I also boast a little.

Galatians 6:12

  1. Those who are trying to force you to be circumcised are doing it for just one reason. They don't want to be persecuted for teaching that the cross of Christ alone can save.
  2. And even those who advocate circumcision don't really keep the whole law. They only want you to be circumcised so they can brag about it and claim you as their disciples.
  3. As for me, God forbid that I should boast about anything except the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ. Because of that cross, my interest in this world died long ago, and the world's interest in me is also long dead.

2 Corinthians 12:11

  1. You have made me act like a fool--boasting like this. You ought to be writing commendations for me, for I am not at all inferior to these "super apostles," even though I am nothing at all.

2 Corinthians 12:1

  1. This boasting is all so foolish, but let me go on. Let me tell about the visions and revelations I received from the Lord.
  2. I was caught up into the third heaven fourteen years ago.
  3. Whether my body was there or just my spirit, I don't know; only God knows.
  4. But I do know that I was caught up into paradise and heard things so astounding that they cannot be told.
  5. That experience is something worth boasting about, but I am not going to do it. I am going to boast only about my weaknesses.

Proverbs 27:2

  1. Don't praise yourself; let others do it!

2 Corinthians 6:4

  1. In everything we do we try to show that we are true ministers of God. We patiently endure troubles and hardships and calamities of every kind.

2 Corinthians 10:8

  1. I may seem to be boasting too much about the authority given to us by the Lord. But this authority is to build you up, not to tear you down. And I will not be put to shame by having my work among you destroyed.

2 Corinthians 10:12

  1. Oh, don't worry; I wouldn't dare say that I am as wonderful as these other men who tell you how important they are! But they are only comparing themselves with each other, and measuring themselves by themselves. What foolishness!

2 Corinthians 10:18

  1. When people boast about themselves, it doesn't count for much. But when the Lord commends someone, that's different!
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