2 Corinthians 11:21 Cross References - ACV

²¹ I speak as from shame, that we were so weak. Yet in whatever any man may be bold in foolishness, I say I too am bold.

¹ Now I Paul myself entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who indeed am lowly in presence among you, but am bold toward you when absent. ² But I pray not to be bold when present with the confidence by which I consider to be valiant toward some who consider us as walking according to flesh.

¹⁰ Because, The letters, he says, are indeed weighty and powerful, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is disdained.

¹⁷ What I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of the boast.

²² Are they Hebrews? I too. Are they Israelites? I too. Are they a seed of Abraham? I too. ²³ Are they helpers of Christ? (I speak as being mad) I more: in toils, more abundantly; in stripes, countless; in prisons, more frequently; in deaths often. ²⁴ From the Jews five times I received forty save one. ²⁵ Thrice I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, thrice I was shipwrecked, I have done a night and a day in the depth, ²⁶ in frequent journeys, in perils of flowing waters, in perils of bandits, in perils from my race, in perils from Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils at sea, in perils among false brothers, ²⁷ in toil and hardship, in frequent sleeplessness, in hunger and thirst, in frequent fasts, in cold and nakedness.

¹⁰ Because of this I write these things while absent, so that I may not act harshly when present, according to the authority that the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down.

³ For we are the circumcision, men who worship in spirit to God, and who boast in Christ Jesus, and not being confident in flesh. ⁴ Although (I having confidence also in flesh) if any other man seems to be confident in the flesh, I more: ⁵ in circumcision the eighth day, of the race of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; regarding law, a Pharisee; ⁶ regarding zeal, persecuting the church; regarding the righteousness in law, having become blameless.