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2 Cor. 5:11 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Knowing therefore the terrorw of the Lord, we persuade men; but wex are made manifest unto God; and I trust also are made manifest in your consciences.

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Heb. 10:31• ³¹Fearful [it is] to fall into a living God's hands. (Heb. 10:31)

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Jude 23• ²³others save, pulling them out of [the] fire; and others pity with fear, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. (Jude 23)

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2 Cor. 4:2• ²but refused the hidden things of shame, not walking in deceit, nor guilefully using the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men in the sight of God. (2 Cor. 4:2)

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the terror.

Gen. 35:5• (Gen. 35:5)

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Job 6:4• (Job 6:4)

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Job 18:11• (Job 18:11)

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Job 31:23• (Job 31:23)

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Psa. 73:19• (Psa. 73:19)

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Psa. 76:7• (Psa. 76:7)

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Psa. 88:15‑16• (Psa. 88:15‑16)

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Psa. 90:11• (Psa. 90:11)

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Isa. 33:14• (Isa. 33:14)

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Nah. 1:6• (Nah. 1:6)

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Matt. 10:28• ²⁸{i}And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul; but fear rather him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.{/i} (Matt. 10:28)

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Matt. 25:46• ⁴⁶And these shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into life everlasting. (Matt. 25:46)

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Mark 8:35‑38• ³⁵For whosoever shall desire to save his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, shall save it.
³⁶For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul?
³⁷For what should a man give in exchange for his soul?
³⁸For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him shall the Son of man also be ashamed when he shall come in the glory of his Father with the holy angels. (Mark 8:35‑38)

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Mark 9:43‑50• ⁴³And if thy hand ensnare thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having the two hands to go away into hell, into the fire unquenchable
⁴⁴[where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched].
⁴⁵And if thy foot ensnare thee, cut it off; it is better for thee to enter into life lame, than having the two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire unquenchable
⁴⁶[where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched].
⁴⁷And if thine eye ensnare thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into the hell of fire:
⁴⁸where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
⁴⁹{i}For{/i} every one shall be salted with fire, {i}and{/i} every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.
⁵⁰Salt is good, but if the salt have become saltless, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another. (Mark 9:43‑50)

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Luke 12:5• ⁵{i}But{/i} I will show you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, who after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. (Luke 12:5)

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Heb. 10:31• ³¹Fearful [it is] to fall into a living God's hands. (Heb. 10:31)

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Jude 23• ²³others save, pulling them out of [the] fire; and others pity with fear, hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. (Jude 23)

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Rev. 20:15• ¹⁵And if Anyone was not found written in the book of life, he was cast into the lake of fire. (Rev. 20:15)

we persuade.

2 Cor. 5:20• ²⁰For Christ then we are ambassadors, God as it were beseeching by us, we entreat for Christ, Be reconciled to God: (2 Cor. 5:20)

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2 Cor. 6:1• ¹And working together we also beseech that ye receive not in vain the grace of God (2 Cor. 6:1)

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Luke 16:31• ³¹And he said to him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, not even if one rise from among [the] dead will they be persuaded. (Luke 16:31)

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Acts 13:43• ⁴³Now when the synagogue broke up, many of the Jews and of the worshipping proselytes followed Paul and Barnabas who speaking unto them persuaded them to continue in the grace of God. (Acts 13:43)

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Acts 18:4,13• ⁴And he was discoursing in the synagogue every Sabbath, and persuading Jews and Greeks.
¹³saying, This [man] persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the law. (Acts 18:4,13)

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Acts 19:26• ²⁶And ye behold and hear that this Paul hath persuaded and turned away a considerable crowd, not only of Ephesus, but of almost all Asia, saying that they are no gods that are made by hands. (Acts 19:26)

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Acts 20:18‑27• ¹⁸And when they were come to him, he said to them, Ye know from the first day that I came to Asia how I was with you all the time
¹⁹serving the Lord with all lowliness of mind, and tears, and temptations, which befell me by the plots of the Jews;
²⁰how I kept back nothing of what is profitable, so as not to announce to you and to teach you publicly, and from house to house,
²¹testifying both to Jews and to Greeks, repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ.
²²And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there:
²³save that the Holy Spirit testifieth to me in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me.
²⁴But I hold not my life of any account as dear to myself, so that I may accomplish my course and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus to testify the gospel of the grace of God.
²⁵And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I went about preaching the kingdom [of God] shall see my face no more.
²⁶Wherefore I testify to you this day that I am pure from the blood of all.
²⁷For I shrank not from announcing to you all the counsel of God. (Acts 20:18‑27)

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Acts 26:26• ²⁶For the king is cognizant of these things, unto whom also I speak with openness; for I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him, for this hath not been done in a corner. (Acts 26:26)

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Acts 28:23• ²³And having appointed him a day, many came unto him into the lodging, to whom he expounded, testifying the kingdom of God, and persuading them concerning Jesus, from both the law of Moses and the prophets, from morning till evening. (Acts 28:23)

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Gal. 1:10• ¹⁰For am I now conciliating men or God? or do I seek to please men? [For] if any longer I were pleasing men, Christ's bondservant I should not be. (Gal. 1:10)

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Col. 1:28‑29• ²⁸whom we preach, admonishing every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom, that we may present every man perfect in Christ,
²⁹whereunto also I toil in conflict according to his working that worketh in me in power. (Col. 1:28‑29)

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2 Tim. 2:24‑26• ²⁴And a bondman of [the] Lord must not contend, but be gentle towards all, apt to teach, forbearing,
²⁵in meekness instructing those that oppose, if haply God may give them repentance unto acknowledgment of truth,
²⁶and they may wake up out of the snare of the devil, taken as they are by him, for his will. (2 Tim. 2:24‑26)

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2 Cor. 1:12‑14• ¹²For our boasting is this, the testimony of our conscience that in holiness f and sincerity before God, not in carnal wisdom but in God's grace, we conducted ourselves in the world, and more abundantly towards you.
¹³For no other thing we write unto you than what ye read, or even recognize, and I hope that ye will recognize unto the end,
¹⁴even as also ye recognized us in part that we are your boast, just as ye also are ours in the day of our Lord Jesus. (2 Cor. 1:12‑14)

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2 Cor. 2:17• ¹⁷For we are not as the many, corrupting the word of God; but as of sincerity, but as of God, before God, we speak in Christ. (2 Cor. 2:17)

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2 Cor. 4:1‑2• ¹On this account, having this ministry, according as we obtained mercy, we faint not,
²but refused the hidden things of shame, not walking in deceit, nor guilefully using the word of God, but by the manifestation of the truth commending ourselves to every conscience of men in the sight of God. (2 Cor. 4:1‑2)

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1 Cor. 4:4‑5• ⁴Nay, I do not examine even myself, for I am conscious to myself of nothing, yet I am not justified by this, but he that examineth me is the Lord.
⁵So then judge nothing prematurely until the Lord shall have come, who shall both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and shall make manifest the counsels of the hearts, and then shall each have his praise from God. (1 Cor. 4:4‑5)

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1 Thess. 2:3‑12• ³For our exhortation is not of error, nor of uncleanness, nor in guile;
⁴but even as we have been approved of God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak; not as pleasing men, but God that proveth our hearts.
⁵For neither at any time were we with speech of flattery, as ye know, nor with a cloke of covetousness, God [is] witness;
⁶nor seeking glory of men, neither from you nor from others, when we might have been burdensome as apostles of Christ.
⁷But we were gentle in the midst of you, as when a nurse cherisheth her own children;
⁸so yearning over you, we were well pleased to impart unto you, not the gospel of God only, but also our own souls because ye became beloved by us.
⁹For ye remember, brethren, our labour and our toil; working night and day that we might not burden any of you, we preached unto you the gospel of God.
¹⁰Ye [are] witnesses, and God, how holily and righteously and blamelessly we behaved ourselves to you that believe;
¹¹just as ye know how each one of you as a father his own children, we [were] exhorting you, and comforting, and testifying
¹²that ye should walk worthily of God that calleth you unto his own kingdom and glory. (1 Thess. 2:3‑12)

• He sees the terror of judgment; the sight of the righteousness that judges is the occasion why he sets about preaching to others. It puts love in activity. (“We Have This Treasure” by J.N. Darby)

• I believe that it is very profitable for the soul to have the judgment of God present to our minds, and the sense of the unchangeable majesty of God maintained in the conscience by this means. (“2 Corinthians 5” by J.N. Darby)

• As to judgment, he owns the solemnity of it, but it does not make him tremble. He is in Christ—will be like Christ; and Christ, before whom he is to appear, has put away all the sins he had to be judged for. The effect is the sanctifying one of bringing him fully manifested into the presence of God now. But it stimulates his love as to others. (“2 Corinthians 5” by J.N. Darby)

• He realizes it by faith. He is manifested. He does not fear being manifested. (“2 Corinthians 5” by J.N. Darby)

• For unbelievers, the day of manifestation will be one of terror, for it will mean not only the manifestation of deeds, but the judgment of themselves. Knowing this, the Apostle persuades men to flee from the wrath to come. (“2 Corinthians 5” by H. Smith)

• Judgment cannot be gone, therefore he calls it "the terror of the Lord." And, let me tell you, that it is a very useful test to put the soul into the presence of the judgment. (“Fragment: 2 Corinthians 8-10”)

• There is no reason to soften down “the terror of the Lord,” so there seems no force in our persuading men if it does not mean the heart of the saint urged in love by the tremendous sense of divine judgment impending on the heedless yet guilty sinner. (“Notes on 2 Corinthians 5:10-11” by W. Kelly)

• We are already manifested to God; so that the manifestation before the judgment, let it be ever so profound or minute, awakens no alarm for ourselves but anxiety for “men,” for all in their natural state, who have not Christ. (“Notes on 2 Corinthians 5:10-11” by W. Kelly)

• “I hope also,” not because it ought to have been doubtful; but because their state was not all he could desire. And a state that is not good is apt to suspect evil in those who reprove it. (“Notes on 2 Corinthians 5:10-11” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord we persuade men, but have beenl manifested to God, and I hope also that we have beenl manifested in your consciences.

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Or "are manifested." It is the perfect tense; what is done and of which the effect continues.

W. Kelly Translation

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Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord we persuade men; but we have been manifested to God, and I hope also to have been manifested in your consciences.