2 Corinthians 11:29

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Summary

2 Corinthians 11:29

Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?

Is weak

And i burn

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Bible References

Is weak

For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears; not so that you would be made sorrowful, but that you might know the love which I have especially for you.

For even when we came into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted on every side: conflicts without, fears within.

For we rejoice when we ourselves are weak but you are strong; this we also pray for, that you be made complete.

Now when these things had been completed, the princes approached me, saying, “The people of Israel and the priests and the Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, according to their abominations, those of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites, the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians and the Amorites.

Rejoice with those who rejoice, and weep with those who weep.

Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of those without strength and not just please ourselves.

Therefore, if food causes my brother to stumble, I will never eat meat again, so that I will not cause my brother to stumble.

To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak; I have become all things to all men, so that I may by all means save some.

And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

Bear one another’s burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of Christ.

For this reason, when I could endure it no longer, I also sent to find out about your faith, for fear that the tempter might have tempted you, and our labor would be in vain.

And i burn

For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.

Then behold, one of the sons of Israel came and brought to his relatives a Midianite woman, in the sight of Moses and in the sight of all the congregation of the sons of Israel, while they were weeping at the doorway of the tent of meeting.

Then I was very angry when I had heard their outcry and these words.

In those days I saw in Judah some who were treading wine presses on the sabbath, and bringing in sacks of grain and loading them on donkeys, as well as wine, grapes, figs and all kinds of loads, and they brought them into Jerusalem on the sabbath day. So I admonished them on the day they sold food.

His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for Your house will consume me.”

It is actually reported that there is immorality among you, and immorality of such a kind as does not exist even among the Gentiles, that someone has his father’s wife.

I say this to your shame. Is it so, that there is not among you one wise man who will be able to decide between his brethren,

What! Do you not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or do you despise the church of God and shame those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you? In this I will not praise you.

Now if Christ is preached, that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

which is really not another; only there are some who are disturbing you and want to distort the gospel of Christ.

But it was because of the false brethren secretly brought in, who had sneaked in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, in order to bring us into bondage.

You foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified?

However at that time, when you did not know God, you were slaves to those which by nature are no gods.

Behold I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no benefit to you.

If anyone comes to you and does not bring this teaching, do not receive him into your house, and do not give him a greeting;

Beloved, while I was making every effort to write you about our common salvation, I felt the necessity to write to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all handed down to the saints.

‘I know your deeds and your toil and perseverance, and that you cannot tolerate evil men, and you put to the test those who call themselves apostles, and they are not, and you found them to be false;

‘I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot; I wish that you were cold or hot.

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They mourned and wept and fasted until evening for Saul and his son Jonathan and for the people of the Lord and the house of Israel, because they had fallen by the sword.

I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling,

just as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit but the profit of the many, so that they may be saved.

And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it.

For if I cause you sorrow, who then makes me glad but the one whom I made sorrowful?

do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others.