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2 Corinthians 12

21 verses · King James Version

  1. 1It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.Compare translations of 2 Corinthians 12:1
  2. 2I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.Compare translations of 2 Corinthians 12:2
  3. 3And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)Compare translations of 2 Corinthians 12:3
  4. 4How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.Compare translations of 2 Corinthians 12:4
  5. 5Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.Compare translations of 2 Corinthians 12:5
  6. 6For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me or he heareth of me.Compare translations of 2 Corinthians 12:6
  7. 7And 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.Compare translations of 2 Corinthians 12:7
  8. 8For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.Compare translations of 2 Corinthians 12:8
  9. 9And 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.Compare translations of 2 Corinthians 12:9
  10. 10Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.Compare translations of 2 Corinthians 12:10
  11. 11I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.Compare translations of 2 Corinthians 12:11
  12. 12Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.Compare translations of 2 Corinthians 12:12
  13. 13For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.Compare translations of 2 Corinthians 12:13
  14. 14Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.Compare translations of 2 Corinthians 12:14
  15. 15And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.Compare translations of 2 Corinthians 12:15
  16. 16But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.Compare translations of 2 Corinthians 12:16
  17. 17Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?Compare translations of 2 Corinthians 12:17
  18. 18I desired Titus, and with I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? not in the same steps?Compare translations of 2 Corinthians 12:18
  19. 19Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.Compare translations of 2 Corinthians 12:19
  20. 20For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:Compare translations of 2 Corinthians 12:20
  21. 21lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.Compare translations of 2 Corinthians 12:21