2 Corinthians 11:21 Cross References - Thomson

²¹ In regard to reproach; as, "That we are weak"; I say that on whatever any one can presume [I speak foolishly] I can do the same.

¹ Now I Paul myself exhort you by the meekness and gentleness of the Christ, [I who when present am indeed lowly among you, but being absent am bold towards you] ² and I pray this; that I may not when I am present presume upon that confidence, with which I lay my account to act boldly against some who reckon us as walking after the flesh.

¹⁰ ["For his letters, saith one, are indeed weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his words contemptible,"]

¹⁷ What I am going to say, I do not say according to the Lord, but as with folly on the subject of this boasting.

²² Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they of the seed of Abraham? So am I. ²³ Are they ministers of Christ? [I speak with an excess of folly] I am more so; more abundant in labours; far surpassing in stripes; more frequent in imprisonments, often in deaths. ²⁴ Of the Jews I five times received forty stripes save one. ²⁵ Thrice I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Thrice I have been shipwrecked. In the deep I spent a whole night and day. ²⁶ On journeys I have been frequently in dangers from rivers; in dangers from robbers; in dangers from my country men; in dangers from foreign nations; in dangers in cities; in dangers in a wilderness; in dangers at sea; in dangers among false brethren: ²⁷ In toil and fatigue, in watchings many a time, with hunger and thirst; in fastings many a time, with cold and nakedness.

¹⁰ For this cause I, being absent, write these things; that when I am present I may not use severity, according to the power which the Lord hath given me for edification, and not for destruction.

³ for we are the circumcision, who serve God in spirit, and glory in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in flesh. ⁴ Though, with regard to my having a confidence even in flesh, if any other thinketh that he hath a confidence in flesh, I have greater pretensions ⁵ circumcision performed on the eighth day; a descent from Israel; of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; with respect to the law, a Pharisee; ⁶ with respect to zeal, a persecutor of the congregation; with respect to righteousness which is by law, blameless;