2Corinthians:12

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* I must surely glory , though it is not expedient ; but I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord . * I know a man in Christ , fourteen years ago (whether in the body , I don 't know ; or whether out of the body , I don 't know ; God knows ), such a one caught up even to the third heaven . * And I know such a man (whether in the body , or apart from the body , I don 't know ; God knows ), * how that he was caught up into Paradise , and heard unspeakable words , which it is not lawful for a man to utter . * On behalf of such a one I will glory : but on my own behalf I will not glory , except in [my ] weaknesses . * For if I should desire to glory , I will not be foolish ; for I will speak the truth : but I forbear , lest any man should account of me above that which he sees me [to be ], or hears from me . * And by reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations , that I should not be exalted too much , there was given to me a thorn in the flesh , a messenger of Satan to buffet me , that I should not be exalted too much . * Concerning this thing I implored the Lord thrice , that it might depart from me . * And he has said to me , My grace is sufficient for you : for [my ] power is made perfect in weakness . Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses , that the power of Christ may rest on me . * Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses , in injuries , in necessities , in persecutions and distresses , for Christ 's sake : for when I am weak , then I am strong . * I have become foolish : you (note :){+}(:note ) compelled me ; for I ought to have been commended of you {+}: for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles , though I am nothing . * Truly the signs of an apostle were worked among you (note :){+}(:note ) in all patience , both by signs and wonders , and mighty works . * For what is there in which you (note :){+}(:note ) were made inferior to the rest of the churches , except [it is ] that I myself was not a burden to you {+}? Forgive me this wrong . * Look , this is the third time I am ready to come to you (note :){+}(:note ); and I will not be a burden to you {+}: for I don 't seek yours {+}, but you {+}: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents , but the parents for the children . * And I will most gladly spend and be spent for your (note :){+}(:note ) souls . If I love you {+} more abundantly , am I loved the less ? * But let it be so , I did not myself burden you (note :){+}(:note ); but , being crafty , I caught you {+} with guile . * Did I take advantage of you (note :){+}(:note ) by any one of them whom I have sent to you {+}? * I exhorted Titus , and I sent the brother with him . Did Titus take any advantage of you (note :){+}(:note )? Did we not walk in the same spirit ? [Did we ] not [walk ] in the same steps ? * You (note :){+}(:note ) think all this time that we are excusing ourselves to you {+}. In the sight of God we speak in Christ . But all things , beloved , [are ] for your {+} edifying . * For I fear , lest by any means , when I come , I should find you (note :){+}(:note ) not such as I want , and should myself be found of you {+} such as you {+} do not want ; lest by any means [there should be ] strife , jealousy , wraths , factions , backbitings , whisperings , swellings , tumults ; * lest again when I come my God should humble me before you (note :){+}(:note ), and I should mourn for many of those who have sinned before , and didn 't repent of the impurity and fornication and sexual immorality in which they participated .

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