2Cor 11:7 Cross References

2 Corinthians 11:7

7: Did I do wrong when I humbled myself and honored you by preaching God's Good News to you without expecting anything in return?

2 Corinthians 12:13

  1. The only thing I didn't do, which I do in the other churches, was to become a burden to you. Please forgive me for this wrong!

2 Corinthians 10:1

  1. Now I, Paul, plead with you. I plead with the gentleness and kindness that Christ himself would use, even though some of you say I am bold in my letters but timid in person.

1 Corinthians 9:6

  1. Or is it only Barnabas and I who have to work to support ourselves?

1 Corinthians 9:14

  1. In the same way, the Lord gave orders that those who preach the Good News should be supported by those who benefit from it.
  2. Yet I have never used any of these rights. And I am not writing this to suggest that I would like to start now. In fact, I would rather die than lose my distinction of preaching without charge.
  3. For preaching the Good News is not something I can boast about. I am compelled by God to do it. How terrible for me if I didn't do it!
  4. If I were doing this of my own free will, then I would deserve payment. But God has chosen me and given me this sacred trust, and I have no choice.
  5. What then is my pay? It is the satisfaction I get from preaching the Good News without expense to anyone, never demanding my rights as a preacher.

1 Corinthians 4:10

  1. Our dedication to Christ makes us look like fools, but you are so wise! We are weak, but you are so powerful! You are well thought of, but we are laughed at.
  2. To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, without enough clothes to keep us warm. We have endured many beatings, and we have no homes of our own.
  3. We have worked wearily with our own hands to earn our living. We bless those who curse us. We are patient with those who abuse us.

1 Corinthians 9:12

  1. If you support others who preach to you, shouldn't we have an even greater right to be supported? Yet we have never used this right. We would rather put up with anything than put an obstacle in the way of the Good News about Christ.

1 Thessalonians 2:9

  1. Don't you remember, dear brothers and sisters, how hard we worked among you? Night and day we toiled to earn a living so that our expenses would not be a burden to anyone there as we preached God's Good News among you.

Acts 18:1

  1. Then Paul left Athens and went to Corinth.
  2. There he became acquainted with a Jew named Aquila, born in Pontus, who had recently arrived from Italy with his wife, Priscilla. They had been expelled from Italy as a result of Claudius Caesar's order to deport all Jews from Rome.
  3. Paul lived and worked with them, for they were tentmakers just as he was.

Acts 20:34

  1. You know that these hands of mine have worked to pay my own way, and I have even supplied the needs of those who were with me.

2 Thessalonians 3:8

  1. 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.
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