2 Corinthians 4:5 Cross References - Living_Oracles

⁵ Now, we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants, for Jesus' sake.

¹¹ I, indeed, immerse you in water, into reformation; but he who comes after me, is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry. He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit, and in fire.

²⁵ but Jesus, calling them to him, said, You know that the Princes of the nations domineer over them, and the great exercise their authority upon them. ²⁶ It must not be so amongst you: on the contrary, whosoever would become great amongst you, let him be your servant; ²⁷ and whosoever would be chief amongst you, let him be your slave:

⁸ But as for you, assume not the title of Rabbi; for you have only one teacher;

⁴⁷ The first man, from the earth, was earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven.

¹³ For you, brethren, have been called into liberty; only use not this liberty for an occasion to the flesh; but through love, assiduously serve one another.

² Feed the flock of God, which is with you; exercising the overseer's office, not by constraint, but willingly; neither for the sake of sordid gain, but from good disposition; ³ neither as lording it over the heritage of God, but, being patterns to the flock: ⁴ and when the Chief Shepherd shall appear, you shall receive the crown of glory which fades not away. ⁵ For the like reason, you younger persons subject yourselves to the seniors. Yes, all be subject to one another, and be clothed with humility, for God resists the proud but gives favor to the humble.

²⁵ And he said to them, The king of the nations exercise dominion over them; and they who oppress them, are styled benefactors. ²⁶ But with you, it must be otherwise: nay, let the greatest amongst you be as the least; and him who governs, as he who serves.

²¹ And they asked him, Who, then? Are you Elijah? He said, I am not. Are you the prophet? He answered, No. ²² They said, Tell, then, who you are, that we may return an answer to them who sent us. What do you say of yourself? ²³ He answered, I am he whose voice proclaims in the wilderness, "Make straight the way of the Lord," as said, the Prophet Isaiah.

²⁷ John answered, A man can have no power but what he derives from heaven. ²⁸ You yourselves are witness for me, that I said, I am not the Messiah; but am sent before him. ²⁹ The bridegroom is he who has the bride; but the friend of the bridegroom, who assists him, rejoices to hear the bridegroom's voice: this, my joy, therefore, is complete. ³⁰ He must increase, while I decrease. ³¹ He who comes from above, is above all. He who is from the earth is earthly, and speaks as being from the earth. He who comes from heaven, is above all.

¹⁸ Whosoever teaches what proceeds from himself, seeks to promote his own glory: whosoever seeks to promote the glory of him who sent him, deserves credit, and is a stranger to deceit.

¹⁴ If I, then, the Master and the Teacher, have washed your feet; you also ought to wash one another's feet. ¹⁵ For I have given you an example, that you should do as I have done to you.

³⁶ Let, therefore, all the house of Israel assuredly know, that God has made this Jesus, whom you have crucified, Lord and Messiah.

¹² And Peter, seeing this, answered the people, Israelites, why do you wonder at this? or why do you fix your eyes on us, as if by our own power, or piety, we had made this man to walk? ¹³ The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Son Jesus, whom you delivered up, and rejected in the presence of Pilate, when he was desirous to release him:

³¹ HIM has God exalted at his right hand, a Prince and Saviour, to give reformation to Israel, and remission of sins.

⁹ But there was a certain man named Simon, who had, before, in that city, used magic, and astonished the nation of Samaria; pretending himself to be some extraordinary person: ¹⁰ to whom they all paid regard, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God.

²⁵ Now, as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and prostrating himself at his feet, made obeisance. ²⁶ But Peter raised him up, saying, Arise; I also am a man.

³⁶ This is that message which he sent to the children of Israel; proclaiming the glad tidings of peace by Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.

¹¹ And the multitude, seeing what Paul had done, lifted up their voices, saying, in the Lycaonian language, The gods are descended to us in the likeness of men. ¹² And Barnabas they called Jupiter, and Paul, Mercury, because he was the chief speaker. ¹³ And the priest of Jupiter, whose image was before the city, brought oxen, with garlands, to the gates; and would, with the multitude, have offered sacrifice to them. ¹⁴ But the Apostles, Barnabas and Paul, hearing of it, rent their mantles, and ran in among the multitude, crying out, ¹⁵ and saying, Men, why do you these things? We are your fellow-mortals, and are declaring the glad tidings to you, that you may turn from these vanities to the living God; who made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea, and all living things which are in them:

⁸ But whether we live, we live to the Lord; and whether we die, we die to the Lord: whether we live, therefore, or die, we are the Lord's. ⁹ For to this end, Christ both dies and rose, and lives again, that he might rule over both the dead and the living.

¹ We, then, who are strong, ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. ² Wherefore, let every one of us please his neighbor, as far as it is good for edification.

¹⁷ I have, therefore, glorifying, through Christ Jesus, with respect to things pertaining to God. ¹⁸ But, I will not dare to speak anything of what Christ has not wrought; but, of what he has wrought, by me, in order to the obedience of the Gentiles in word and deed;

¹³ Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? or were you immersed into the name of Paul? ¹⁴ I give thanks to God that I immersed none of you except Crispus and Gaius; ¹⁵ lest any one should say that I immersed into my own name.

²³ yet we proclaim a crucified Christ: to the Jews, indeed, a stumbling block, and to the Greeks foolishness:

² For I determined to make known nothing among you but Jesus Christ, and him crucified.

⁵ For who is Paul, and who is Apollos; but ministers, by whom you have believed, even as the Lord has given to each? ⁶ I have planted, Apollos has watered; but God has made to grow.

⁶ yet, to us, there is but one God, the Father; of whom all things are, and we for him: and one Lord Jesus Christ; by whom all things are, and we by him.

¹⁹ For, though I be a freeman, with respect to all; I have made myself a servant to all, that I might gain the more. ²⁰ So, to the Jews, I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews: to those under the law, (though not under the law) as under the law, that I might gain those under the law: ²¹ to those without law, as without law, (not being without law to God, but under law to Christ,) that I might gain those that are without law. ²² To the weak, I became as weak, that I might gain the weak. To all, I have become all things, that, by all means, I might same some. ²³ Now, this I do for the sake of the gospel, and that I may become a joint partaker of its rewards.

³³ Even as I please all men in all things; not seeking my own advantage, but that of the many, that they may be saved.

³ Wherefore, I inform you, that no one, speaking by the Spirit of God, pronounces Jesus accursed; and, that no one can declare Jesus Lord, except by the Holy Spirit.

¹⁹ For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was proclaimed to you by us, even by me and Sylvanus, and Timothy, was not yes and no; but in him was yes.

²⁴ Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are joint promoters of your joy: for by the faith you stand.

¹⁴ For the love of Christ constrains us, having judged thus- that if one has died, certainly all have died; ¹⁵ and that he has died for all, that they who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who has died and rose again for them.

¹⁵ Some, indeed, preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some, also, of good will.

¹¹ and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

⁵ For neither did we, at any time, use flattering words, or a pretext for covetousness; God is witness. ⁶ Neither sought we honor from men; neither from you, nor from others. We might have acted with authority, as Apostles of Christ;

¹⁰ For this cause I patiently bear all things on account of the elect; that they, indeed, may obtain the salvation which is by Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

¹¹ whose mouths must be stopped; who subvert whole families, teaching things which they ought not, for the sake of sordid gain.

³ And through covetousness, they will make merchandise of you, by fictitious tales: to whom the punishment threatened of old lingers not, and their destruction slumbers not.