Bible Cross References
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2 Corinthians 13:8
For we cannot do a thing against the truth, but only for it.
2 Corinthians 11:30
If I must boast, I will boast about things that show how weak I am.
2 Corinthians 12:5-10
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So I will boast about this man---but I will not boast about myself, except the things that show how weak I am.
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If I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be telling the truth. But I will not boast, because I do not want any of you to have a higher opinion of me than you have as a result of what you have seen me do and heard me say.
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But to keep me from being puffed up with pride because of the many wonderful things I saw, I was given a painful physical ailment, which acts as Satan's messenger to beat me and keep me from being proud.
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Three times I prayed to the Lord about this and asked him to take it away.
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But his answer was: "My grace is all you need, for my power is greatest when you are weak." I am most happy, then, to be proud of my weaknesses, in order to feel the protection of Christ's power over me.
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I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties for Christ's sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
1 Corinthians 4:10
For Christ's sake we are fools; but you are wise in union with Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! We are despised, but you are honored!
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2 Corinthians 13:7
We pray to God that you will do no wrong---not in order to show that we are a success, but so that you may do what is right, even though we may seem to be failures.
2 Corinthians 13:11
And now, my friends, good-bye! Strive for perfection; listen to my appeals; agree with one another; live in peace. And the God of love and peace will be with you.
2 Corinthians 7:1
All these promises are made to us, my dear friends. So then, let us purify ourselves from everything that makes body or soul unclean, and let us be completely holy by living in awe of God.
Ephesians 4:13
And so we shall all come together to that oneness in our faith and in our knowledge of the Son of God; we shall become mature people, reaching to the very height of Christ's full stature.
Philippians 3:12-15
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I do not claim that I have already succeeded or have already become perfect. I keep striving to win the prize for which Christ Jesus has already won me to himself.
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Of course, my friends, I really do not think that I have already won it; the one thing I do, however, is to forget what is behind me and do my best to reach what is ahead.
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So I run straight toward the goal in order to win the prize, which is God's call through Christ Jesus to the life above.
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All of us who are spiritually mature should have this same attitude. But if some of you have a different attitude, God will make this clear to you.
Colossians 1:28
So we preach Christ to everyone. With all possible wisdom we warn and teach them in order to bring each one into God's presence as a mature individual in union with Christ.
Colossians 4:12
Greetings from Epaphras, another member of your group and a servant of Christ Jesus. He always prays fervently for you, asking God to make you stand firm, as mature and fully convinced Christians, in complete obedience to God's will.
1 Thessalonians 3:10
Day and night we ask him with all our heart to let us see you personally and supply what is needed in your faith.
2 Timothy 3:17
so that the person who serves God may be fully qualified and equipped to do every kind of good deed.
Hebrews 6:1
Let us go forward, then, to mature teaching and leave behind us the first lessons of the Christian message. We should not lay again the foundation of turning away from useless works and believing in God;
Hebrews 12:23
You have come to the joyful gathering of God's first-born, whose names are written in heaven. You have come to God, who is the judge of all people, and to the spirits of good people made perfect.
Hebrews 13:21
1 Peter 5:10
But after you have suffered for a little while, the God of all grace, who calls you to share his eternal glory in union with Christ, will himself perfect you and give you firmness, strength, and a sure foundation.