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2 Corinthians 11:20

In fact, you even put up with anyone who enslaves you or exploits you or takes advantage of you or exalts himself or strikes you in the face.

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ASV

For ye bear with a man, if he bringeth you into bondage, if he devoureth you, if he taketh you captive, if he exalteth himself, if he smiteth you on the face.

KJV

For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
ἀνέχεσθεanechestheYou bear [it]G430 →
γάρ,garforG1063 →
εἴeiifG1487 →
τιςtisanyoneG5100 →
ὑμᾶςhumasyouG4771 →
καταδουλοῖ,katadouloienslaves,G2615 →
εἴeiifG1487 →
τιςtisanyoneG5100 →
κατεσθίει,katesthieidevours [you],G2719 →
εἴeiifG1487 →
τιςtisanyoneG5100 →
λαμβάνει,lambaneitakes [from you],G2983 →
εἴeiifG1487 →
τιςtisanyoneG5100 →
ἐπαίρεται,epairetaiexalts himself,G1869 →
εἴeiifG1487 →
τιςtisanyoneG5100 →
εἰςeisinG1519 →
πρόσωπονprosōpon[the] faceG4383 →
ὑμᾶςhumasyouG4771 →
δέρει.dereistrikes.G1194 →

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Galatians 5:15But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.Galatians 2:4This issue arose because some false brothers had come in under false pretenses to spy on our freedom in Christ Jesus, in order to enslave us.Galatians 4:3So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world.Galatians 4:9But now that you know God, or rather are known by God, how is it that you are turning back to those weak and worthless principles? Do you wish to be enslaved by them all over again?Galatians 5:1It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not be encumbered once more by a yoke of slavery.2 Corinthians 1:24Not that we lord it over your faith, but we are fellow workers with you for your joy, because it is by faith that you stand firm.Isaiah 50:6I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.Lamentations 3:30Let him offer his cheek to the one who would strike him; let him be filled with reproach.Luke 6:29If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone takes your cloak, do not withhold your tunic as well.Micah 5:1Now, O daughter of troops, mobilize your troops; for a siege is laid against us! With a rod they will strike the cheek of the judge of Israel.Job 16:10They open their mouths against me and strike my cheeks with contempt; they join together against me.1 Corinthians 9:12If others have this right to your support, shouldn’t we have it all the more? But we did not exercise this right. Instead, we put up with anything rather than hinder the gospel of Christ.1 Thessalonians 2:5As you know, we never used words of flattery or any pretext for greed. God is our witness!Philippians 3:19Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.Galatians 4:25Now Hagar stands for Mount Sinai in Arabia and corresponds to the present-day Jerusalem, because she is in slavery with her children.1 Corinthians 4:11To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.Galatians 6:12Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. They only do this to avoid persecution for the cross of Christ.Galatians 5:10I am confident in the Lord that you will take no other view. The one who is troubling you will bear the judgment, whoever he may be.

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