1 Corinthians 4:11
Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace;
Cross-reference
1 Corinthians 9:4 asserts Paul's right to food and drink — a stark contrast to the hunger and thirst he suffers here.
In 1 Corinthians 9:12, Paul says he endures anything rather than hinder the gospel — that voluntary sacrifice explains the hardships he lists here.
In 1 Corinthians 9:6, Paul and Barnabas work for a living — their refusal to claim support leads to the hunger and thirst described here.
In 1 Corinthians 9:27, Paul disciplines his body — the physical hardships in this verse are part of that self-control for the gospel.
In 2 Timothy 3:11, Paul lists specific persecutions he endured — the same kind of hardships described here.
In Matthew 8:20, Jesus has no place to lay his head — the same homelessness Paul describes here.
Philippians 4:12 confirms Paul's experience with hunger and need, but there he emphasizes learning contentment — a different angle on the same hardship.
2 Corinthians 11:27 provides a fuller account of the same hardships — hunger, thirst, sleepless nights, cold — reinforcing Paul's endurance.
2 Corinthians 11:23-25 details Paul's specific beatings and dangers — expanding on the 'buffeted' and 'homeless' summary given here.
2 Corinthians 6:5 echoes this same catalog of apostolic sufferings — beatings, imprisonments, hunger — showing Paul's consistent experience.
2 Corinthians 6:5 includes hunger in a list of sufferings — directly matching the hunger and thirst mentioned here.
2 Corinthians 4:8 lists similar hardships: hard pressed but not crushed — paralleling the deprivations Paul endures.
Romans 8:35 lists similar afflictions — famine, nakedness, persecution — but frames them as unable to separate us from Christ's love, adding a theological dimension.
In Philippians 4:11, Paul says he has learned contentment in any state — the same attitude enables him to bear the hunger and poverty described here.
In Luke 6:21, Jesus blesses those who hunger now — Paul's literal hunger here aligns with that beatitude.
Acts 16:23 shows Paul beaten and imprisoned — a concrete example of the 'buffeted' and homeless treatment he describes here.
Acts 14:19 records a specific instance of Paul being stoned — fulfilling the 'buffeted' aspect of his hardships listed here.
2 Corinthians 11:26 complements this with a different set of hardships — dangers from journeys, robbers, and countrymen — broadening the picture of Paul's suffering.
In Acts 3:6, Peter says he has no silver and gold — Paul's lack of possessions in this verse parallels the apostles' material poverty.
In Luke 16:21, Lazarus longs for crumbs and has sores — Paul's hunger, thirst, and rough treatment mirror the beggar's extreme poverty.