2Cor 11:26 Cross References
2 Corinthians 11:26
26: I have traveled many weary miles. I have faced danger from flooded rivers and from robbers. I have faced danger from my own people, the Jews, as well as from the Gentiles. I have faced danger in the cities, in the deserts, and on the stormy seas. And I have faced danger from men who claim to be Christians but are not.
Acts 14:5
- A mob of Gentiles and Jews, along with their leaders, decided to attack and stone them.
Acts 17:5
- But the Jewish leaders were jealous, so they gathered some worthless fellows from the streets to form a mob and start a riot. They attacked the home of Jason, searching for Paul and Silas so they could drag them out to the crowd.
Acts 20:19
- I have done the Lord's work humbly--yes, and with tears. I have endured the trials that came to me from the plots of the Jews.
Acts 13:50
- Then the Jewish leaders stirred up both the influential religious women and the leaders of the city, and they incited a mob against Paul and Barnabas and ran them out of town.
Acts 25:3
- They asked Festus as a favor to transfer Paul to Jerusalem. (Their plan was to waylay and kill him.)
Acts 14:19
- Now some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and turned the crowds into a murderous mob. They stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, apparently dead.
2 Corinthians 1:8
- I think you ought to know, dear brothers and sisters, about the trouble we went through in the province of Asia. We were crushed and completely overwhelmed, and we thought we would never live through it.
- In fact, we expected to die. But as a result, we learned not to rely on ourselves, but on God who can raise the dead.
- And he did deliver us from mortal danger. And we are confident that he will continue to deliver us.
2 Corinthians 11:32
- When I was in Damascus, the governor under King Aretas kept guards at the city gates to catch me.
Acts 13:1
- Among the prophets and teachers of the church at Antioch of Syria were Barnabas, Simeon (called "the black man" ), Lucius (from Cyrene), Manaen (the childhood companion of King Herod Antipas ), and Saul.
- One day as these men were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Dedicate Barnabas and Saul for the special work I have for them."
- So after more fasting and prayer, the men laid their hands on them and sent them on their way.
- Sent out by the Holy Spirit, Saul and Barnabas went down to the seaport of Seleucia and then sailed for the island of Cyprus.
- There, in the town of Salamis, they went to the Jewish synagogues and preached the word of God. (John Mark went with them as their assistant.)
Romans 15:24
- I am planning to go to Spain, and when I do, I will stop off in Rome. And after I have enjoyed your fellowship for a little while, you can send me on my way again.
- But before I come, I must go down to Jerusalem to take a gift to the Christians there.
- For you see, the believers in Greece have eagerly taken up an offering for the Christians in Jerusalem, who are going through such hard times.
- They were very glad to do this because they feel they owe a real debt to them. Since the Gentiles received the wonderful spiritual blessings of the Good News from the Jewish Christians, they feel the least they can do in return is help them financially.
- As soon as I have delivered this money and completed this good deed of theirs, I will come to see you on my way to Spain.
Galatians 1:17
- nor did I go up to Jerusalem to consult with those who were apostles before I was. No, I went away into Arabia and later returned to the city of Damascus.
- It was not until three years later that I finally went to Jerusalem for a visit with Peter and stayed there with him for fifteen days.
- And the only other apostle I met at that time was James, our Lord's brother.
- You must believe what I am saying, for I declare before God that I am not lying.
- Then after this visit, I went north into the provinces of Syria and Cilicia.
Acts 19:1
- While Apollos was in Corinth, Paul traveled through the interior provinces. Finally, he came to Ephesus, where he found several believers.
Acts 15:40
- Paul chose Silas, and the believers sent them off, entrusting them to the Lord's grace.
- So they traveled throughout Syria and Cilicia to strengthen the churches there.
- Paul and Silas went first to Derbe and then on to Lystra. There they met Timothy, a young disciple whose mother was a Jewish believer, but whose father was a Greek.
- Timothy was well thought of by the believers in Lystra and Iconium,
- so Paul wanted him to join them on their journey. In deference to the Jews of the area, he arranged for Timothy to be circumcised before they left, for everyone knew that his father was a Greek.
Acts 11:25
- Then Barnabas went on to Tarsus to find Saul.
- When he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. Both of them stayed there with the church for a full year, teaching great numbers of people. (It was there at Antioch that the believers were first called Christians.)
Galatians 2:4
- Even that question wouldn't have come up except for some so-called Christians there--false ones, really--who came to spy on us and see our freedom in Christ Jesus. They wanted to force us, like slaves, to follow their Jewish regulations.
Acts 21:27
- The seven days were almost ended when some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul in the Temple and roused a mob against him. They grabbed him,
- yelling, "Men of Israel! Help! This is the man who teaches against our people and tells everybody to disobey the Jewish laws. He speaks against the Temple--and he even defiles it by bringing Gentiles in!"
- (For earlier that day they had seen him in the city with Trophimus, a Gentile from Ephesus, and they assumed Paul had taken him into the Temple.)
- The whole population of the city was rocked by these accusations, and a great riot followed. Paul was dragged out of the Temple, and immediately the gates were closed behind him.
- As they were trying to kill him, word reached the commander of the Roman regiment that all Jerusalem was in an uproar.
1 Thessalonians 2:15
- For some of the Jews had killed their own prophets, and some even killed the Lord Jesus. Now they have persecuted us and driven us out. They displease God and oppose everyone
- by trying to keep us from preaching the Good News to the Gentiles, for fear some might be saved. By doing this, they continue to pile up their sins. But the anger of God has caught up with them at last.
Acts 28:10
- As a result we were showered with honors, and when the time came to sail, people put on board all sorts of things we would need for the trip.
- It was three months after the shipwreck that we set sail on another ship that had wintered at the island--an Alexandrian ship with the twin gods as its figurehead.
Acts 18:18
- Paul stayed in Corinth for some time after that and then said good-bye to the brothers and sisters and sailed for the coast of Syria, taking Priscilla and Aquila with him. (Earlier, at Cenchrea, Paul had shaved his head according to Jewish custom, for he had taken a vow.)
- When they arrived at the port of Ephesus, Paul left the others behind. But while he was there, he went to the synagogue to debate with the Jews.
- They asked him to stay longer, but he declined.
- So he left, saying, "I will come back later, God willing." Then he set sail from Ephesus.
- The next stop was at the port of Caesarea. From there he went up and visited the church at Jerusalem and then went back to Antioch.
Acts 18:12
- But when Gallio became governor of Achaia, some Jews rose in concerted action against Paul and brought him before the governor for judgment.
Acts 9:23
- After a while the Jewish leaders decided to kill him.
- But Saul was told about their plot, and that they were watching for him day and night at the city gate so they could murder him.
- So during the night, some of the other believers let him down in a large basket through an opening in the city wall.
- When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to meet with the believers, but they were all afraid of him. They thought he was only pretending to be a believer!
- Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and told them how Saul had seen the Lord on the way to Damascus. Barnabas also told them what the Lord had said to Saul and how he boldly preached in the name of Jesus in Damascus.
1 Corinthians 15:32
- And what value was there in fighting wild beasts--those men of Ephesus--if there will be no resurrection from the dead? If there is no resurrection, "Let's feast and get drunk, for tomorrow we die!"
Acts 23:12
- The next morning a group of Jews got together and bound themselves with an oath to neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.
- There were more than forty of them.
- They went to the leading priests and other leaders and told them what they had done. "We have bound ourselves under oath to neither eat nor drink until we have killed Paul.
- You and the high council should tell the commander to bring Paul back to the council again," they requested. "Pretend you want to examine his case more fully. We will kill him on the way."
- But Paul's nephew heard of their plan and went to the fortress and told Paul.
Romans 15:19
- I have won them over by the miracles done through me as signs from God--all by the power of God's Spirit. In this way, I have fully presented the Good News of Christ all the way from Jerusalem clear over into Illyricum.
Acts 23:10
- The shouting grew louder and louder, and the men were tugging at Paul from both sides, pulling him this way and that. Finally, the commander, fearing they would tear him apart, ordered his soldiers to take him away from them and bring him back to the fortress.
Acts 15:2
- Paul and Barnabas, disagreeing with them, argued forcefully and at length. Finally, Paul and Barnabas were sent to Jerusalem, accompanied by some local believers, to talk to the apostles and elders about this question.
- The church sent the delegates to Jerusalem, and they stopped along the way in Phoenicia and Samaria to visit the believers. They told them--much to everyone's joy--that the Gentiles, too, were being converted.
- When they arrived in Jerusalem, Paul and Barnabas were welcomed by the whole church, including the apostles and elders. They reported on what God had been doing through their ministry.
Acts 19:23
- But about that time, serious trouble developed in Ephesus concerning the Way.
- It began with Demetrius, a silversmith who had a large business manufacturing silver shrines of the Greek goddess Artemis. He kept many craftsmen busy.
- He called the craftsmen together, along with others employed in related trades, and addressed them as follows: "Gentlemen, you know that our wealth comes from this business.
- As you have seen and heard, this man Paul has persuaded many people that handmade gods aren't gods at all. And this is happening not only here in Ephesus but throughout the entire province!
- Of course, I'm not just talking about the loss of public respect for our business. I'm also concerned that the temple of the great goddess Artemis will lose its influence and that Artemis--this magnificent goddess worshiped throughout the province of Asia and all around the world--will be robbed of her prestige!"