Thematic Bible
2 Corinthians 12:1 (show verse)
It is necessary to boast; [it is] not profitable, but I will proceed to visions and revelations of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 12:2 (show verse)
I know a man in Christ fourteen years ago--whether in the body I do not know, or outside the body I do not know, God knows--such a man was caught up to the third heaven,
2 Corinthians 12:3 (show verse)
and I know this man--whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, God knows--
2 Corinthians 12:4 (show verse)
that he was caught up to paradise and heard words not to be spoken, which [it is] not permitted for a person to speak.
2 Corinthians 12:5 (show verse)
On behalf of such a person I will boast, but on behalf of myself I will not boast, except in my weaknesses.
2 Corinthians 12:6 (show verse)
For if I want to boast, I will not be foolish, because I will be telling the truth, but I am refraining, so that no one can credit to me more than what he sees [in] me or hears anything from me,
2 Corinthians 12:7 (show verse)
even because of the extraordinary degree of the revelations. Therefore, so that I would not exalt myself, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan, in order that it would torment me so that I would not exalt myself.
2 Corinthians 12:8 (show verse)
Three times I appealed to the Lord about this, that it would depart from me.
2 Corinthians 12:9 (show verse)
And he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, because the power is perfected in weakness." Therefore rather I will boast most gladly in my weaknesses, in order that the power of Christ may reside in me.
2 Corinthians 12:10 (show verse)
Therefore I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in calamities, in persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.
2 Corinthians 12:11 (show verse)
I have become a fool! You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for [I am] in no way inferior to the preeminent apostles, even if I am nothing.
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2 Corinthians 12:12 (show verse)
Indeed, the signs of an apostle have been done among you with all patient endurance, both signs and wonders and deeds of power.
2 Corinthians 12:13 (show verse)
{For in what respect are you made worse off} more than the rest of the churches, except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!
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2 Corinthians 12:14 (show verse)
Behold, this third [time] I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden [to you]. For I am not seeking your possessions, but you. For children are not obligated to save up for their parents, but parents for their children.
2 Corinthians 12:15 (show verse)
But I will spend and be expended most gladly for your lives. If I love you much more, am I to be loved less?
2 Corinthians 12:16 (show verse)
But let [it] be. I have not been a burden to you, but [because I] was crafty, I took you by cunning.
2 Corinthians 12:17 (show verse)
I have not taken advantage of you {through anyone whom I sent to you}, [have I]?
2 Corinthians 12:18 (show verse)
I urged Titus [to go], and I sent the brother [with him]. Titus did not take advantage of you, [did he]? Did we not conduct ourselves in the same spirit? Did we not walk in the same footsteps?
2 Corinthians 12:19 (show verse)
Have you been thinking all this time that we are defending ourselves to you? We are speaking in Christ before God, and all [these things], dear friends, [are] for your edification.
2 Corinthians 12:20 (show verse)
For I am afraid lest somehow [when I] arrive, I will not find you as I want, and I may be found by you as you do not want. [I am afraid] lest somehow [there will be] strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambition, slander, gossip, pride, disorder.
2 Corinthians 12:21 (show verse)
[I am afraid] lest [when I] come again my God will humiliate me {in your presence}, and I will grieve over many of those who sinned previously and have not repented because of their impurity and sexual immorality and licentiousness that they have practiced.