2Cor 10:1, 1Pe 2:20-23 | ESV | STEP | I , Paul , myself entreat you , by the meekness and gentleness of Christ —I who am humble when face to face with you , but bold toward you when I am away !

aSee Rom. 12:1

b Zech. 9:9; Matt. 11:29; Phil. 2:7, 8

c ch. 3:17, 18; 4:13, 16

d ch. 3:9; See Acts 14:22

e[See ver. 20 above]

fSee Matt. 11:29

g Isa. 53:9; [2 Cor. 5:21; Heb. 4:15; 1 John 3:5]

h ch. 3:9; Isa. 53:7; Heb. 12:3

i Luke 23:46

2 Corinthians 10:1

Paul Defends His Ministry

1 ^aI, Paul, myself entreat you, by the ^bmeekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold toward you when I am away!—

1 Peter 2:20-23

20 For what credit is it if, when you sin and are beaten for it, you endure? But ^cif when you do good and suffer for it you endure, this is a gracious thing in the sight of God. 21 For ^dto this you have been called, ^ebecause Christ also suffered for you, ^fleaving you an example, so that you might follow in his steps. 22 ^gHe committed no sin, neither was deceit found in his mouth. 23 ^hWhen he was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, ⁱbut continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly.