2 Corinthians 11:23 (KJV)

Words Then and Now

ministers a servant; an attendant Still heard today: minister to the sick, serve and care for them Webster’s 1828 · Minister

What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

Matthew Henry

He gives an account of his labours, cares, sufferings, dangers, and deliverancesThe apostle gives an account of his labours and sufferings; not out of pride or vain-glory, but to the honour of God, who enabled him to do and suffer so...

Thompson Chains

MinistersSee the chain from 2 Corinthians 3:6 · 6 links
Spir. LaborersSee the chain from Matthew 9:38 · 5 links
Suffering for ChristLink 5 of 13 · next Philippians 3:10
ImprisonmentSee the chain from Genesis 39:20 · 10 links
Paul's BondsSee the chain from Ephesians 3:1 · 7 links

Parallel Passages

1 Corinthians 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

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1 Corinthians 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
2 Corinthians 6:4–5 But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, …
Acts 9:16 For I will shew him how great things he must suffer for my name's sake.
2 Corinthians 3:6 Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
1 Corinthians 3:5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
1 Corinthians 15:30–32 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour? …
2 Corinthians 1:9–10 But we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves, but in God which raiseth the dead: …
2 Corinthians 6:9 As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed;
2 Corinthians 11:24–25 Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. …
Acts 14:19 And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead.
Acts 16:23–24 And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely: …
Acts 20:23 Save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
Acts 21:11 And when he was come unto us, he took Paul's girdle, and bound his own hands and feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So shall the Jews at Jerusalem bind the man that owneth this girdle, and shall deliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.
Acts 24:26–27 He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him. …
Acts 25:14 And when they had been there many days, Festus declared Paul's cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds by Felix:
Acts 27:1 And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band.
Acts 28:16 And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.
Acts 28:30 And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him,
Romans 8:36 As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter.
2 Corinthians 4:11 For we which live are alway delivered unto death for Jesus' sake, that the life also of Jesus might be made manifest in our mortal flesh.
2 Corinthians 10:7 Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's.
2 Corinthians 11:5 For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.
2 Corinthians 12:11–12 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing. …
Ephesians 3:1 For this cause I Paul, the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles,
Ephesians 4:1 I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
Ephesians 6:20 For which I am an ambassador in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
Philippians 1:13 So that my bonds in Christ are manifest in all the palace, and in all other places;
Philippians 2:17 Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
Colossians 1:24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:
Colossians 1:29 Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
1 Thessalonians 3:2 And sent Timotheus, our brother, and minister of God, and our fellowlabourer in the gospel of Christ, to establish you, and to comfort you concerning your faith:
1 Timothy 4:6 If thou put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished up in the words of faith and of good doctrine, whereunto thou hast attained.
2 Timothy 1:8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me his prisoner: but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God;
2 Timothy 1:16 The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:
2 Timothy 2:9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
Philemon 1:9 Yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 10:34 For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.

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Topics

Afflictions and adversities Unclassified scriptures relating to
Corinth Heresies in
Minister, Christian False and corrupt
Paul Persecutions endured by
Persecution Of the righteous
Prisoners Scourged
Stripes Inflicted on Paul
Zeal, religious Exemplified by Paul

Timeline

Timeline of the BibleAbout AD 60 · The Second Epistle to the Corinthians

Bible Dictionary

ChristAnointed, the Greek translation of the Hebrew word rendered “Messiah” (q.v.), the official title of our Lord, occurring five hundred and...

Greek and Strong’s

Are they εἰσιν eisin Verb · present active indicative, third person plural εἰσί eisí
ministers Διάκονοι Diakonoi διάκονος Noun · nominative masculine plural
of Christ Χριστοῦ Christou Χριστός Noun · genitive masculine singular
I speak λαλῶ lalō λαλέω Verb · present active indicative, first person singular
as a fool παραφρονῶν paraphronōn παραφρονέω Verb · present active participle, nominative masculine singular
I ἐγώ egō ἐγώ Pronoun · first person, nominative singular
more ὑπὲρ hyper ὑπέρ Adverb
in ἐν en ἐν Preposition
labours κόποις kopois κόπος Noun · dative masculine plural
more abundant περισσοτέρως perissoterōs περισσοτέρως Adverb
in ἐν en ἐν Preposition
stripes πληγαῖς plēgais πληγή Noun · dative feminine plural
above measure ὑπερβαλλόντως hyperballontōs ὑπερβαλλόντως Adverb
in ἐν en ἐν Preposition
prisons φυλακαῖς phylakais φυλακή Noun · dative feminine plural
more frequent περισσοτέρως perissoterōs περισσοτέρως Adverb
in ἐν en ἐν Preposition
deaths θανάτοις thanatois θάνατος Noun · dative masculine plural
oft πολλάκις pollakis πολλάκις Adverb

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2 Corinthians 11:23 KJV

Words Then and Now

Matthew Henry

Thompson Chains

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