2Cor 7:2 Cross References

2 Corinthians 7:2

2: Please open your hearts to us. We have not done wrong to anyone. We have not led anyone astray. We have not taken advantage of anyone.

2 Corinthians 6:12

  1. If there is a problem between us, it is not because of a lack of love on our part, but because you have withheld your love from us.
  2. I am talking now as I would to my own children. Open your hearts to us!

Acts 20:33

  1. "I have never coveted anyone's money or fine clothing.

1 Thessalonians 2:3

  1. So you can see that we were not preaching with any deceit or impure purposes or trickery.
  2. For we speak as messengers who have been approved by God to be entrusted with the Good News. Our purpose is to please God, not people. He is the one who examines the motives of our hearts.
  3. Never once did we try to win you with flattery, as you very well know. And God is our witness that we were not just pretending to be your friends so you would give us money!
  4. As for praise, we have never asked for it from you or anyone else.

2 Corinthians 11:9

  1. And when I was with you and didn't have enough to live on, I did not ask you to help me. For the brothers who came from Macedonia brought me another gift. I have never yet asked you for any support, and I never will.

Numbers 16:15

  1. Then Moses became very angry and said to the LORD, "Do not accept their offerings! I have not taken so much as a donkey from them, and I have never hurt a single one of them."

2 Corinthians 1:12

  1. We can say with confidence and a clear conscience that we have been honest and sincere in all our dealings. We have depended on God's grace, not on our own earthly wisdom. That is how we have acted toward everyone, and especially toward you.

2 Thessalonians 3:7

  1. For you know that you ought to follow our example. We were never lazy when we were with you.
  2. We never accepted food from anyone without paying for it. We worked hard day and night so that we would not be a burden to any of you.
  3. It wasn't that we didn't have the right to ask you to feed us, but we wanted to give you an example to follow.

2 Corinthians 6:3

  1. We try to live in such a way that no one will be hindered from finding the Lord by the way we act, and so no one can find fault with our ministry.
  2. 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.
  3. We have been beaten, been put in jail, faced angry mobs, worked to exhaustion, endured sleepless nights, and gone without food.
  4. We have proved ourselves by our purity, our understanding, our patience, our kindness, our sincere love, and the power of the Holy Spirit.
  5. We have faithfully preached the truth. God's power has been working in us. We have righteousness as our weapon, both to attack and to defend ourselves.

Colossians 4:10

  1. Aristarchus, who is in prison with me, sends you his greetings, and so does Mark, Barnabas's cousin. And as you were instructed before, make Mark welcome if he comes your way.

Philemon 1:17

  1. So if you consider me your partner, give him the same welcome you would give me if I were coming.

1 Samuel 12:3

  1. Now tell me as I stand before the LORD and before his anointed one--whose ox or donkey have I stolen? Have I ever cheated any of you? Have I ever oppressed you? Have I ever taken a bribe? Tell me and I will make right whatever I have done wrong."
  2. "No," they replied, "you have never cheated or oppressed us in any way, and you have never taken even a single bribe."

1 Thessalonians 2:10

  1. You yourselves are our witnesses--and so is God--that we were pure and honest and faultless toward all of you believers.

2 Corinthians 12:14

  1. Now I am coming to you for the third time, and I will not be a burden to you. I don't want what you have; I want you. And anyway, little children don't pay for their parents' food. It's the other way around; parents supply food for their children.
  2. I will gladly spend myself and all I have for your spiritual good, even though it seems that the more I love you, the less you love me.
  3. Some of you admit I was not a burden to you. But they still think I was sneaky and took advantage of you by trickery.
  4. But how? Did any of the men I sent to you take advantage of you?
  5. When I urged Titus to visit you and sent our other brother with him, did Titus take advantage of you? No, of course not! For we both have the same Spirit and walk in each other's steps, doing things the same way.

Luke 10:8

  1. "If a town welcomes you, eat whatever is set before you

Philippians 2:29

  1. Welcome him with Christian love and with great joy, and be sure to honor people like him.

2 Corinthians 4:2

  1. We reject all shameful and underhanded methods. We do not try to trick anyone, and we do not distort the word of God. We tell the truth before God, and all who are honest know that.

2 Corinthians 11:16

  1. 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.

2 John 1:10

  1. If someone comes to your meeting and does not teach the truth about Christ, don't invite him into your house or encourage him in any way.

Matthew 10:40

  1. "Anyone who welcomes you is welcoming me, and anyone who welcomes me is welcoming the Father who sent me.

3 John 1:8

  1. So we ourselves should support them so that we may become partners with them for the truth.
  2. I sent a brief letter to the church about this, but Diotrephes, who loves to be the leader, does not acknowledge our authority.
  3. When I come, I will report some of the things he is doing and the wicked things he is saying about us. He not only refuses to welcome the traveling teachers, he also tells others not to help them. And when they do help, he puts them out of the church.

Romans 16:18

  1. Such people are not serving Christ our Lord; they are serving their own personal interests. By smooth talk and glowing words they deceive innocent people.

Matthew 10:14

  1. If a village doesn't welcome you or listen to you, shake off the dust of that place from your feet as you leave.

Philemon 1:12

  1. I am sending him back to you, and with him comes my own heart.
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