2 Corinthians 6:8-10

The Ministry of Reconciliation

8 through honor and dishonor, n through slander and praise. We are treated as impostors, and yet are true; 9 as unknown, and o yet well known; p as dying, and behold, we live; q as punished, and yet not killed; 10 r as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; s as poor, yet making many rich; t as having nothing, u yet possessing everything.

  1. Cross References
    Romans 3:8
    And why not do evil that good may come? - as some people slanderously charge us with saying. Their condemnation is just.
  2. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 11:6
    Even if I am unskilled in speaking, I am not so in knowledge; indeed, in every way we have made this plain to you in all things.
  3. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 4:10
    Always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.
  4. Cross References
    Psalms 118:18
    The Lord has disciplined me severely, but he has not given me over to death.
  5. Cross References
    John 16:22
    So also you have sorrow now, but I will see you again, and your hearts will rejoice, and no one will take your joy from you.
    2 Corinthians 7:4
    I am acting with great boldness toward you; I have great pride in you; I am filled with comfort. In all our affliction, I am overflowing with joy.
  6. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 8:9
    For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sake he became poor, so that you by his poverty might become rich.
    Proverbs 13:7
    One pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
    1 Corinthians 1:5
    That in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge -
  7. Cross References
    Acts 3:6
    But Peter said, "I have no silver and gold, but what I do have I give to you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk!
  8. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 7:30
    And those who mourn as though they were not mourning, and those who rejoice as though they were not rejoicing, and those who buy as though they had no goods.
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