2 Corinthians 11:2

My jealousy for you is the jealousy of God himself. I have pledged you in marriage to one husband: I mean to bring you to Christ as a pure virgin bride.
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Treated in 6 passages across the library.

  1. Communion with God · John Owen

    Of the way the saints hold communion with Christ as to personal grace cites 2 Cor. xi. 2

    …Christ, as he reveals his kindness in this engagement. Hence Paul tells the Corinthians, 2 Cor. xi. 2, that he had “espoused them unto one husband, that he might present them as a chaste…

  2. Communion with God · John Owen

    Other consequential affections cites 2 Cor. xi. 2

    …That this might be the state of the church of Corinth, the apostle made it his endeavour. 2 Cor. xi. 2, 3, “I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to…

  3. All Things for Good · Thomas Watson

    Of love to God cites 2 Cor. xi. 2

    …have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ” (2 Cor. xi. 2). A wife espoused to one husband gives him such a love as she has for none else; she does…

  4. The Ten Commandments · Thomas Watson

    2.6 The Sixth Commandment cites 2 Cor 11: 2

    …‘I have espoused you to one husband that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.’ 2 Cor 11: 2. It is capable of being crowned with glory for ever. Oh! then, carrying such precious…

  5. A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections · Jonathan Edwards

    Part I. Concerning the nature of the affections and their importance in religion cites 2 Cor. 11:2

    …expectation, and his hope.” He likewise expresses an affection of godly jealousy, 2 Cor. 11:2, 3. And it appears by his whole history, after his conversion, in the Acts, and also by…

  6. Old Paths · J. C. Ryle

    The Cross of Christ cites 2 Cor. xi. 2

    …so hard for God as he did. He was “more abundant in labours” than any of the apostles. (2 Cor. xi. 2.3.) No man ever preached so much, travelled so much, and endured so many hardships for…

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