2 Corinthians 12
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1It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 12:1
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.
2 Corinthians 12:2
3And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)
2 Corinthians 12:3
4How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
2 Corinthians 12:4
5Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.
2 Corinthians 12:5
6For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.
2 Corinthians 12:6
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.
2 Corinthians 12:7
8For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
2 Corinthians 12:8
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.
2 Corinthians 12:9
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.
2 Corinthians 12:10
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.
2 Corinthians 12:11
12Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.
2 Corinthians 12:12
13For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.
2 Corinthians 12:13
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.
2 Corinthians 12:14
15And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
2 Corinthians 12:15
16But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.
2 Corinthians 12:16
17Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?
2 Corinthians 12:17
18I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?
2 Corinthians 12:18
19Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.
2 Corinthians 12:19
20For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
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21And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.
2 Corinthians 12:21
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2 Corinthians 12:1
Galatians 1:12For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation...1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, tha...2 Corinthians 12:7And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelati...2 Corinthians 8:10And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun befor...Acts 23:11And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said,Be of good cheer, Paul:...
2 Corinthians 12:2
Acts 22:17And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I pray...Ezekiel 8:1And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of t...2 Corinthians 11:11Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.Revelation 4:2And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, an...1 Thessalonians 4:17Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the...
2 Corinthians 12:4
2 Corinthians 12:5
2 Corinthians 12:6
2 Corinthians 11:16I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me,...2 Corinthians 10:8For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath gi...2 Corinthians 12:11I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been c...2 Corinthians 11:31The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, know...Job 24:25And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing wor...
2 Corinthians 12:7
Numbers 33:55But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then i...Judges 2:3Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall...2 Chronicles 32:25But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his...Daniel 5:20But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed...Galatians 4:13Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the...
2 Corinthians 12:8
Hebrews 5:7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications w...1 Samuel 15:11It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from f...Matthew 26:39And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying,O my Fath...Psalms 77:2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased...2 Samuel 12:16David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and l...
2 Corinthians 12:9
Philippians 4:13I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.2 Corinthians 12:10Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in pers...Isaiah 40:29He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth stren...Ephesians 3:16That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthene...Joshua 1:9Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neith...
2 Corinthians 12:10
2 Corinthians 12:9And he said unto me,My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made per...Ephesians 6:10Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.Romans 5:3And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation wor...2 Corinthians 13:4For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God....James 1:2My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
2 Corinthians 12:11
2 Corinthians 11:5For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.1 Corinthians 15:8And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.2 Corinthians 11:1Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me...2 Corinthians 11:16I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me,...1 Corinthians 3:4For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carn...
2 Corinthians 12:12
Romans 15:18For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrough...2 Corinthians 4:2But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, n...1 Corinthians 9:1Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are n...2 Corinthians 11:6But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly...1 Corinthians 1:5That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowled...
2 Corinthians 12:13
1 Corinthians 9:12If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless w...1 Corinthians 9:6Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?2 Corinthians 12:14Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome t...1 Corinthians 9:15But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that...2 Corinthians 11:7Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because...
Cross References
2 Corinthians 12:1
Galatians 1:12For I neither received it of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation...1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, tha...2 Corinthians 12:7And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelati...2 Corinthians 8:10And herein I give my advice: for this is expedient for you, who have begun befor...Acts 23:11And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said,Be of good cheer, Paul:...
2 Corinthians 12:2
Acts 22:17And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I pray...Ezekiel 8:1And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth month, in the fifth day of t...2 Corinthians 11:11Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth.Revelation 4:2And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, an...1 Thessalonians 4:17Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the...
2 Corinthians 12:4
2 Corinthians 12:5
2 Corinthians 12:6
2 Corinthians 11:16I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me,...2 Corinthians 10:8For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath gi...2 Corinthians 12:11I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been c...2 Corinthians 11:31The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, know...Job 24:25And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing wor...
2 Corinthians 12:7
Numbers 33:55But if ye will not drive out the inhabitants of the land from before you; then i...Judges 2:3Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall...2 Chronicles 32:25But Hezekiah rendered not again according to the benefit done unto him; for his...Daniel 5:20But when his heart was lifted up, and his mind hardened in pride, he was deposed...Galatians 4:13Ye know how through infirmity of the flesh I preached the gospel unto you at the...
2 Corinthians 12:8
Hebrews 5:7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications w...1 Samuel 15:11It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from f...Matthew 26:39And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying,O my Fath...Psalms 77:2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased...2 Samuel 12:16David therefore besought God for the child; and David fasted, and went in, and l...
2 Corinthians 12:9
Philippians 4:13I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.2 Corinthians 12:10Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in pers...Isaiah 40:29He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth stren...Ephesians 3:16That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthene...Joshua 1:9Have not I commanded thee? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neith...
2 Corinthians 12:10
2 Corinthians 12:9And he said unto me,My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made per...Ephesians 6:10Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.Romans 5:3And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation wor...2 Corinthians 13:4For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God....James 1:2My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
2 Corinthians 12:11
2 Corinthians 11:5For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles.1 Corinthians 15:8And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.2 Corinthians 11:1Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me...2 Corinthians 11:16I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me,...1 Corinthians 3:4For while one saith, I am of Paul; and another, I am of Apollos; are ye not carn...
2 Corinthians 12:12
Romans 15:18For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrough...2 Corinthians 4:2But have renounced the hidden things of dishonesty, not walking in craftiness, n...1 Corinthians 9:1Am I not an apostle? am I not free? have I not seen Jesus Christ our Lord? are n...2 Corinthians 11:6But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been throughly...1 Corinthians 1:5That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowled...
2 Corinthians 12:13
1 Corinthians 9:12If others be partakers of this power over you, are not we rather? Nevertheless w...1 Corinthians 9:6Or I only and Barnabas, have not we power to forbear working?2 Corinthians 12:14Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome t...1 Corinthians 9:15But I have used none of these things: neither have I written these things, that...2 Corinthians 11:7Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because...