2 Corinthians 2 cross-references
2 Corinthians 2 has 17 verses, which point to 186 other passages and are cited by 253. Below is the King James text of each verse with its strongest cross-references, ranked by OpenBible.info reader votes.
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But I determined this with myself, that I would not come again to you in heaviness.
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- 2 Corinthians 13:10 — Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the… 4 votes
- 2 Corinthians 1:23 — Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth. 4 votes
- 2 Corinthians 12:20–21 — For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such… 3 votes
- 2 Corinthians 2:4 — For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be… 2 votes
- 1 Corinthians 4:21 — What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness? 2 votes
- Titus 3:12 — When I shall send Artemas unto thee, or Tychicus, be diligent to come unto me to Nicopolis: for I have… 1 votes
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- 1 Chronicles 4:10 — And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast,… 8 votes
- 2 Corinthians 1:24 — Not for that we have dominion over your faith, but are helpers of your joy: for by faith ye stand. 4 votes
- 1 Corinthians 4:21 — What will ye? shall I come unto you with a rod, or in love, and in the spirit of meekness? 3 votes
- 2 Corinthians 12:21 — And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned… 2 votes
2 Corinthians 2:2
For if I make you sorry, who is he then that maketh me glad, but the same which is made sorry by me?
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- 2 Corinthians 7:8 — For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same… 6 votes
- 2 Corinthians 1:14 — As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of… 2 votes
- 1 Corinthians 12:26 — And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members… 2 votes
- Romans 12:15 — Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep. 2 votes
- 2 Corinthians 11:29 — Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not? 1 votes
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- 2 Corinthians 7:8 — For though I made you sorry with a letter, I do not repent, though I did repent: for I perceive that the same… 3 votes
- Mark 12:14 — And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for… 3 votes
- Philemon 1:20 — Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord. 2 votes
2 Corinthians 2:3
And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.
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- Galatians 5:10 — I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you… 9 votes
- Philemon 1:21 — Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say. 5 votes
- 2 Corinthians 8:22 — And we have sent with them our brother, whom we have oftentimes proved diligent in many things, but now much… 5 votes
- 2 Thessalonians 3:4 — And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you. 4 votes
- 2 Corinthians 7:12 — Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause… 3 votes
- 2 Corinthians 12:21–13:2 — And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned… 2 votes
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- Philippians 1:6 — Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day… 13 votes
- 2 Thessalonians 3:4 — And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you. 5 votes
- Galatians 5:10 — I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you… 5 votes
- 2 Corinthians 13:10 — Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the… 5 votes
2 Corinthians 2:4
For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.
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- 2 Corinthians 7:12 — Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause… 10 votes
- Proverbs 27:5–6 — Open rebuke is better than secret love. 9 votes
- Leviticus 19:17–18 — Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer… 5 votes
- Luke 19:41–44 — And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, 4 votes
- Philippians 3:18 — (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of… 3 votes
- 2 Corinthians 11:2 — For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you… 3 votes
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- Proverbs 12:25 — Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad. 8 votes
- Acts 20:19 — Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the… 7 votes
- 2 Corinthians 6:6 — By pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, 6 votes
- Mark 9:24 — And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine… 6 votes
2 Corinthians 2:5
But if any have caused grief, he hath not grieved me, but in part: that I may not overcharge you all.
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- 1 Corinthians 5:12–13 — For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within? 6 votes
- Galatians 5:10 — I have confidence in you through the Lord, that ye will be none otherwise minded: but he that troubleth you… 3 votes
- Galatians 4:12 — Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all. 3 votes
- 1 Corinthians 5:1–5 — It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named… 3 votes
- Proverbs 17:25 — A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him. 1 votes
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- Galatians 4:12 — Brethren, I beseech you, be as I am; for I am as ye are: ye have not injured me at all. 6 votes
- 2 Corinthians 1:14 — As also ye have acknowledged us in part, that we are your rejoicing, even as ye also are ours in the day of… 3 votes
2 Corinthians 2:6
Sufficient to such a man is this punishment, which was inflicted of many.
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- 1 Corinthians 5:4–5 — In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our… 7 votes
- 1 Timothy 5:20 — Them that sin rebuke before all, that others also may fear. 5 votes
- 2 Corinthians 13:10 — Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the… 3 votes
- 2 Corinthians 7:11 — For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea,… 3 votes
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- 1 Corinthians 5:5 — To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day… 10 votes
- John 20:23 — Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. 8 votes
- 2 Corinthians 7:11 — For behold this selfsame thing, that ye sorrowed after a godly sort, what carefulness it wrought in you, yea,… 3 votes
- Matthew 18:17 — And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him… 3 votes
2 Corinthians 2:7
So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him, and comfort him, lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow.
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- Ephesians 4:32 — And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath… 10 votes
- Galatians 6:1–2 — Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of… 7 votes
- Colossians 3:13 — Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ… 6 votes
- Isaiah 28:7 — But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the… 4 votes
- Proverbs 17:22 — A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. 4 votes
- 2 Thessalonians 3:14–15 — And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be… 3 votes
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- Galatians 6:1 — Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of… 28 votes
- Ephesians 4:32 — And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath… 23 votes
- Proverbs 17:22 — A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. 17 votes
- John 14:1 — Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. 11 votes
2 Corinthians 2:8
Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love toward him.
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- Jude 1:22–23 — And of some have compassion, making a difference: 4 votes
- Galatians 6:10 — As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household… 3 votes
- Galatians 5:13 — For, brethren, ye have been called unto liberty; only use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh, but by… 3 votes
- Galatians 6:1–2 — Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of… 2 votes
2 Corinthians 2:9
For to this end also did I write, that I might know the proof of you, whether ye be obedient in all things.
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- 2 Corinthians 10:6 — And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled. 5 votes
- Philemon 1:21 — Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say. 4 votes
- Philippians 2:22 — But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel. 3 votes
- 2 Corinthians 7:12–15 — Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause… 3 votes
- 2 Thessalonians 3:14 — And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be… 2 votes
- Philippians 2:12 — Wherefore, my beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not as in my presence only, but now much more in my absence,… 2 votes
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- 2 Corinthians 10:6 — And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled. 9 votes
- 2 Corinthians 7:12 — Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause… 7 votes
- 2 Corinthians 7:15 — And his inward affection is more abundant toward you, whilst he remembereth the obedience of you all, how… 6 votes
- Philippians 2:22 — But ye know the proof of him, that, as a son with the father, he hath served with me in the gospel. 4 votes
2 Corinthians 2:10
To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ;
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- John 20:23 — Whose soever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them; and whose soever sins ye retain, they are retained. 8 votes
- 2 Corinthians 5:20 — Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us: we pray you in Christ's stead,… 6 votes
- 1 Corinthians 5:4 — In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our… 4 votes
- Matthew 18:18 — Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall… 4 votes
Pointed to from (12)
- Ephesians 4:32 — And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath… 51 votes
- Matthew 18:18 — Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall… 38 votes
- Colossians 3:13 — Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ… 25 votes
- Ephesians 4:27 — Neither give place to the devil. 21 votes
2 Corinthians 2:11
Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices.
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- 1 Peter 5:8 — Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he… 42 votes
- Ephesians 6:11–12 — Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 31 votes
- 2 Corinthians 11:3 — But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be… 28 votes
- 2 Corinthians 4:4 — In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the… 22 votes
- Luke 22:31 — And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: 22 votes
- Revelation 12:9–11 — And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole… 20 votes
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- Ephesians 6:11 — Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 50 votes
- 2 Corinthians 11:14 — And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 20 votes
- Mark 4:15 — And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh… 7 votes
- Revelation 2:24 — But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and which have not… 6 votes
2 Corinthians 2:12
Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ's gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,
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- Acts 16:8 — And they passing by Mysia came down to Troas. 7 votes
- Acts 14:27 — And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with… 6 votes
- Colossians 4:3 — Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ,… 5 votes
- Revelation 3:7–8 — And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he… 3 votes
- 1 Corinthians 16:9 — For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries. 3 votes
- Romans 1:1 — Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, called to be an apostle, separated unto the gospel of God, 2 votes
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- Revelation 3:8 — I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little… 29 votes
- 1 Corinthians 16:9 — For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries. 26 votes
- Acts 14:27 — And when they were come, and had gathered the church together, they rehearsed all that God had done with… 10 votes
- Colossians 4:3 — Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ,… 9 votes
2 Corinthians 2:13
I had no rest in my spirit, because I found not Titus my brother: but taking my leave of them, I went from thence into Macedonia.
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- 2 Corinthians 12:18 — I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same… 5 votes
- 2 Corinthians 7:5–6 — For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without… 5 votes
- Titus 1:4 — To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord… 3 votes
- 2 Timothy 4:10 — For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to… 3 votes
- Galatians 2:3 — But neither Titus, who was with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised: 3 votes
- Galatians 2:1 — Then fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas, and took Titus with me also. 3 votes
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- 2 Corinthians 7:5 — For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without… 8 votes
- 2 Timothy 4:10 — For Demas hath forsaken me, having loved this present world, and is departed unto Thessalonica; Crescens to… 5 votes
- Titus 1:4 — To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord… 4 votes
- 1 Thessalonians 3:1 — Wherefore when we could no longer forbear, we thought it good to be left at Athens alone; 3 votes
2 Corinthians 2:14
Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
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- Ephesians 5:2 — And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to… 33 votes
- Romans 8:37 — Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 26 votes
- 2 Corinthians 2:15–16 — For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish: 20 votes
- 2 Corinthians 9:15 — Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. 15 votes
- Romans 6:17 — But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine… 15 votes
- Colossians 2:15 — And having spoiled principalities and powers, he made a shew of them openly, triumphing over them in it. 11 votes
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- 1 Corinthians 15:57 — But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 65 votes
- Romans 8:37 — Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us. 63 votes
- 2 Corinthians 9:15 — Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift. 20 votes
- Romans 1:16 — For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that… 18 votes
2 Corinthians 2:15
For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ, in them that are saved, and in them that perish:
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- Ephesians 5:2 — And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to… 34 votes
- 1 Corinthians 1:18 — For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the… 23 votes
- Ezekiel 20:41 — I will accept you with your sweet savour, when I bring you out from the people, and gather you out of the… 20 votes
- Philippians 4:18 — But I have all, and abound: I am full, having received of Epaphroditus the things which were sent from you,… 15 votes
- Genesis 8:21 — And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any… 11 votes
- 2 Thessalonians 2:10 — And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the… 7 votes
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- 1 Corinthians 1:18 — For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the… 22 votes
- Ephesians 5:2 — And walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for us an offering and a sacrifice to… 20 votes
- 2 Corinthians 2:14 — Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his… 20 votes
- Genesis 8:21 — And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any… 20 votes
2 Corinthians 2:16
To the one we are the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?
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- 2 Corinthians 3:5–6 — Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves; but our sufficiency is of God; 12 votes
- 1 Peter 2:7–8 — Unto you therefore which believe he is precious: but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the… 8 votes
- John 9:39 — And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they… 8 votes
- Luke 2:34 — And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising… 6 votes
- 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… 5 votes
- Acts 13:45–47 — But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were… 3 votes
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- Proverbs 18:21 — Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. 28 votes
- James 1:5 — If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it… 12 votes
- Jeremiah 23:29 — Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces? 8 votes
- 1 Kings 3:9 — Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and… 7 votes
2 Corinthians 2:17
For we are not as many, which corrupt the word of God: but as of sincerity, but as of God, in the sight of God speak we in Christ.
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- 2 Corinthians 4:2 — But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God… 21 votes
- 2 Peter 2:1–3 — But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who… 11 votes
- 2 Corinthians 1:12 — For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with… 11 votes
- 2 Timothy 4:3–4 — For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to… 9 votes
- 1 Timothy 4:1–3 — Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to… 8 votes
- Matthew 24:24 — For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch… 7 votes
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- Hebrews 4:12 — For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the… 22 votes
- 2 Corinthians 4:2 — But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, nor handling the word of God… 20 votes
- Romans 10:17 — So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. 16 votes
- Ephesians 4:14 — That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by… 15 votes