2Cor 12:11 Cross References
2 Corinthians 12:11
11: 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 11:5
- But I don't think I am inferior to these "super apostles."
2 Corinthians 11:1
- I hope you will be patient with me as I keep on talking like a fool. Please bear with me.
Ephesians 3:8
- Just think! Though I did nothing to deserve it, and though I am the least deserving Christian there is, I was chosen for this special joy of telling the Gentiles about the endless treasures available to them in Christ.
Luke 17:10
- In the same way, when you obey me you should say, 'We are not worthy of praise. We are servants who have simply done our duty.'"
Galatians 2:6
- And the leaders of the church who were there had nothing to add to what I was preaching. (By the way, their reputation as great leaders made no difference to me, for God has no favorites.)
- They saw that God had given me the responsibility of preaching the Good News to the Gentiles, just as he had given Peter the responsibility of preaching to the Jews.
- For the same God who worked through Peter for the benefit of the Jews worked through me for the benefit of the Gentiles.
- In fact, James, Peter, and John, who were known as pillars of the church, recognized the gift God had given me, and they accepted Barnabas and me as their co-workers. They encouraged us to keep preaching to the Gentiles, while they continued their work with the Jews.
- The only thing they suggested was that we remember to help the poor, and I have certainly been eager to do that.
1 Corinthians 15:8
- Last of all, I saw him, too, long after the others, as though I had been born at the wrong time.
- For I am the least of all the apostles, and I am not worthy to be called an apostle after the way I persecuted the church of God.
- But whatever I am now, it is all because God poured out his special favor on me--and not without results. For I have worked harder than all the other apostles, yet it was not I but God who was working through me by his grace.
2 Corinthians 12:12
- When I was with you, I certainly gave you every proof that I am truly an apostle, sent to you by God himself. For I patiently did many signs and wonders and miracles among you.
1 Corinthians 3:22
- Paul and Apollos and Peter; the whole world and life and death; the present and the future. Everything belongs to you,
2 Corinthians 12:6
- I have plenty to boast about and would be no fool in doing it, because I would be telling the truth. But I won't do it. I don't want anyone to think more highly of me than what they can actually see in my life and my message,
1 Corinthians 3:4
- When one of you says, "I am a follower of Paul," and another says, "I prefer Apollos," aren't you acting like those who are not Christians?
- Who is Apollos, and who is Paul, that we should be the cause of such quarrels? Why, we're only servants. Through us God caused you to believe. Each of us did the work the Lord gave us.
- My job was to plant the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God, not we, who made it grow.
- The ones who do the planting or watering aren't important, but God is important because he is the one who makes the seed grow.
2 Corinthians 1:6
- So when we are weighed down with troubles, it is for your benefit and salvation! For when God comforts us, it is so that we, in turn, can be an encouragement to you. Then you can patiently endure the same things we suffer.
2 Corinthians 11:16
- 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.
- Such bragging is not something the Lord wants, but I am acting like a fool.