2 Corinthians 11:23 BSB

Original language & word study

19 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
διάκονοι	diakonoi	Servants	G1249 →
Χριστοῦ	Christou	of Christ	G5547 →
εἰσιν;	eisin	are they?	G1510 →
παραφρονῶν	paraphronōn	As being beside myself	G3912 →
λαλῶ·	lalō	I speak;	G2980 →
ὑπὲρ	huper	above [measure]	G5228 →
ἐγώ.	egō	I myself[am].	G1473 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
κόποις	kopois	labors	G2873 →
περισσοτέρως,	perissoterōs	more abundantly	G4056 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
φυλακαῖς	phulakais	imprisonments	G5438 →
περισσοτέρως,	perissoterōs	more abundantly,	G4056 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
πληγαῖς	plēgais	beatings	G4127 →
ὑπερβαλλόντως,	huperballontōs	above measure,	G5234 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
θανάτοις	thanatois	deaths	G2288 →
πολλάκις.	pollakis	often.	G4178 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Corinthians 15:10
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of…
leads to
- Philippians 4:13
  I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength.
- 2 Corinthians 3:5
  Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.
- Philippians 2:13
  For it is God who works in you to will and to act on behalf of His good purpose.
- Ephesians 3:7–8
  I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God’s grace, given me through the working of His power.
- Ephesians 2:7–8
  in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
Through
Colossians 1:24
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.
leads to
- Romans 5:3
  Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance;
- 2 Timothy 1:8
  So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.
- 2 Corinthians 1:5–8
  For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

2 Corinthians 6:4–5Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;Matthew 23:11The greatest among you shall be your servant.2 Corinthians 1:9–10Indeed, we felt we were under the sentence of death, in order that we would not trust in ourselves, but in God, who raises the dead.Colossians 1:24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.2 Corinthians 6:9as unknown, yet well-known; dying, and yet we live on; punished, yet not killed;1 Corinthians 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.2 Corinthians 11:24–25Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.2 Corinthians 3:6And He has qualified us as ministers of a new covenant, not of the letter but of the Spirit; for the letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.Acts 9:16I will show him how much he must suffer for My name.”Acts 14:19Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead.Revelation 2:3Without growing weary, you have persevered and endured many things for the sake of My name.Colossians 1:29To this end I also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.2 Timothy 2:9for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!Isaiah 61:6But you will be called the priests of the LORD; they will speak of you as ministers of our God; you will feed on the wealth of nations, and you will boast in their riches.Mark 10:26They were even more astonished and said to one another, “Who then can be saved?”1 Corinthians 15:31I face death every day, brothers, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.Colossians 1:7You learned it from Epaphras, our beloved fellow servant, who is a faithful minister of Christ on our behalf,1 Thessalonians 5:12But we ask you, brothers, to acknowledge those who work diligently among you, who preside over you in the Lord and give you instruction.

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