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2Cr 10:1 — Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence [am] base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

I Paul		1Cr 16:21,22; Gal 5:2; 2Th 3:17; Phm 1:9; Rev 1:9
beseech		2Cr 10:2; 2Cr 5:20; 2Cr 6:1; Rom 12:1; Eph 4:1; 1Pe 2:11
by		Psa 45:4; Isa 42:3,4; Zec 9:9; Mat 11:29; Mat 12:19,20; Mat 21:5; Act 8:32; 1Pe 2:22,23
presence		or, outward appearance. 2Cr 10:7,10
base		Rather, lowly, or humble, [tapeinos ( tapeino/v )] which some think refers to his lowness of stature. 2Cr 10:10; 2Cr 11:30; 2Cr 12:5,7-9; 2Cr 13:4; 1Cr 2:3; 1Cr 4:10; Gal 4:13
bold		2Cr 3:12; *marg:; 2Cr 7:4; 2Cr 11:21; 2Cr 13:2,3; Rom 10:20; Rom 15:15

Correlating Passages

I Paul

	1Cr 16:21	The salutation of [me] Paul with mine own hand.
	1Cr 16:22	If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maranatha.
	Gal 5:2	Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised, Christ shall profit you nothing.
	2Th 3:17	The salutation of Paul with mine own hand, which is the token in every epistle: so I write.
	Phm 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.
	Rev 1:9	I John, who also am your brother, and companion in tribulation, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the isle that is called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

beseech

	2Cr 10:2	But I beseech [you], that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
	2Cr 5:20	Now then we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech [you] by us: we pray [you] in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God.
	2Cr 6:1	We then, [as] workers together [with him], beseech [you] also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.
	Rom 12:1	I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, [which is] your reasonable service.
	Eph 4:1	I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
	1Pe 2:11	Dearly beloved, I beseech [you] as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;

	Psa 45:4	And in thy majesty ride prosperously because of truth and meekness [and] righteousness; and thy right hand shall teach thee terrible things.
	Isa 42:3	A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth.
	Isa 42:4	He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.
	Zec 9:9	Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he [is] just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.
	Mat 11:29	Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
	Mat 12:19	He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
	Mat 12:20	A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
	Mat 21:5	Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
	Act 8:32	The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
	1Pe 2:22	Who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth:
	1Pe 2:23	Who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered, he threatened not; but committed [himself] to him that judgeth righteously:

presence

	2Cr 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.
	2Cr 10:10	For [his] letters, say they, [are] weighty and powerful; but [his] bodily presence [is] weak, and [his] speech contemptible.

base

	2Cr 10:10	For [his] letters, say they, [are] weighty and powerful; but [his] bodily presence [is] weak, and [his] speech contemptible.
	2Cr 11:30	If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.
	2Cr 12:5	Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.
	2Cr 12:7	And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
	2Cr 12:8	For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
	2Cr 12:9	And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
	2Cr 13:4	For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.
	1Cr 2:3	And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
	1Cr 4:10	We [are] fools for Christ's sake, but ye [are] wise in Christ; we [are] weak, but ye [are] strong; ye [are] honourable, but we [are] despised.
	Gal 4:13	Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the first.

bold

	2Cr 3:12	Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:
	2Cr 7:4	Great [is] my boldness of speech toward you, great [is] my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
	2Cr 11:21	I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.
	2Cr 13:2	I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:
	2Cr 13:3	Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.
	Rom 10:20	But Esaias is very bold, and saith, I was found of them that sought me not; I was made manifest unto them that asked not after me.
	Rom 15:15	Nevertheless, brethren, I have written the more boldly unto you in some sort, as putting you in mind, because of the grace that is given to me of God,

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