isv 2Corinthians:12:1-10
isv@2Corinthians:12:1 @ I must boast, although it does not do any good. I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.
isv@2Corinthians:12:2 @ I know a man in Christ. Fourteen years ago—whether in his body or outside of his body, I do not know, but God knows—that man was snatched away to the third heaven.
isv@2Corinthians:12:3 @ I know that this man—whether in his body or outside of his body, I do not know, but God knows—
isv@2Corinthians:12:4 @ was snatched away to Paradise and heard things that cannot be expressed in words, things that no human being has a right even to mention.
isv@2Corinthians:12:5 @ I will boast about this man, but as for myself I will boast only about my weaknesses.
isv@2Corinthians:12:6 @ However, if I did want to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be telling the truth. But I am not going to do it in order to keep anyone from thinking more of me than what he sees and hears about me.
isv@2Corinthians:12:7 @ To keep me from becoming conceited because of the exceptional nature of these revelations, a thorn was given to me and placed in my body. It was Satan's messenger to keep on tormenting me so that I would not become conceited.
isv@2Corinthians:12:8 @ I pleaded with the Lord three times to take it away from me,
isv@2Corinthians:12:9 @ but he has told me,“My grace is all you need, for my power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore, I will most happily boast about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me.
isv@2Corinthians:12:10 @ That is why I take such pleasure in weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties for Christ's sake, for when I am weak, then I am strong.
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