| 1 | It is doubtless not profitable for me to boast. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. | 2Co 8:10 Jn 16:7 Jn 18:14 1Co 6:12 1Co 10:23 |
| 2 | 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 into the third heaven. | 2Co 12:3 2Co 12:5 |
| 3 | I know such a man (whether in the body, or apart from the body, I don`t know; God knows), |
| 4 | how he was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. | Ezk 31:9 Lk 23:43 Rev 2:7 |
| 5 | On behalf of such a one I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except in my weaknesses. | 2Co 12:9 2Co 12:10 2Co 11:30 |
| 6 | For if I would desire to boast, I will not be foolish; for I will speak the truth. But I forbear, so that no man may account of me above that which he sees in me, or hears from me. | 2Co 10:8 2Co 11:16 1Co 3:5 1Co 3:9 1Co 3:10 |
| 7 | By reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted excessively, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I should not be exalted excessively. | 2Co 10:5 2Co 11:20 Dt 8:14 Dt 17:20 2Ch 26:16 2Ch 32:25 2Ch 32:26 2Ch 32:31 Dn 5:20 1Ti 3:6 |
| 8 | Concerning this thing, I begged the Lord three times that it might depart from me. | Dt 3:23-27 1Sa 15:11 2Sa 12:16-18 Ps 77:2-11 Mt 20:21 Mt 20:22 Mt 26:39-44 Heb 5:7 |
| 9 | He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me. | 2Co 12:10 2Co 3:5 2Co 3:6 Ex 3:11 Ex 3:12 Ex 4:10-15 Dt 33:25-27 Jsh 1:9 Isa 43:2 Jer 1:6-9 Mt 10:19 Mt 10:20 Lk 21:15 1Co 10:13 1Co 15:10 Col 1:28 Col 1:29 1Ti 1:14 Heb 4:16 |
| 10 | Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ`s sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong. | 2Co 1:4 2Co 4:8-10 2Co 4:17-10 2Co 7:4 Ac 5:41 Ro 5:3 Ro 8:35-39 Php 1:29 Php 2:17 Php 2:18 Col 1:24 Jm 1:2 1Pe 1:6 1Pe 1:7 1Pe 4:13 1Pe 4:14 |
| 11 | I have become foolish. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for in nothing was I behind the very best apostles, though I am nothing. | 2Co 1:6 2Co 11:1 2Co 11:16 2Co 11:17 |
| 12 | Truly the signs of an apostle were worked among you in all patience, by signs and wonders and mighty works. | 2Co 4:2 2Co 6:4-10 2Co 11:4 2Co 11:6 Ro 15:18 Ro 15:19 1Co 1:5-7 1Co 9:2 1Co 14:18 |
| 13 | For what is there in which you were made inferior to the rest of the assemblies, unless it is that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong. | 2Co 12:14 2Co 11:8 2Co 11:9 1Co 9:6 1Co 9:12 1Co 9:15-18 |
| 14 | Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I seek not your possessions, but you. For the children ought not to save up for the parents, but the parents for the children. | 2Co 1:15 2Co 13:1 1Co 4:19 1Co 11:34 1Co 16:5 |
| 15 | I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less? | 2Co 12:9 2Co 1:6 2Co 1:14 2Co 2:3 2Co 7:3 Jn 10:10 Jn 10:11 Ga 4:10 Php 2:17 Col 1:24 1Th 2:8 2Ti 2:10 |
| 16 | But be it so, I did not myself burden you. But, being crafty, I caught you with deception. | 2Co 12:13 2Co 11:9 2Co 11:10 |
| 17 | Did I take advantage of you by anyone of them whom I have sent to you? | 2Co 12:18 2Ki 5:16 2Ki 5:20-27 1Co 4:17 1Co 16:10 |
| 18 | I exhorted Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus take any advantage of you? Didn`t we walk in the same spirit? Didn`t we walk in the same steps? | 2Co 2:12 2Co 2:13 2Co 7:2 2Co 7:6 |
| 19 | Again, do you think that we are excusing ourselves to you? In the sight of God we speak in Christ. But all things, beloved, are for your edifying. | 2Co 3:1 2Co 5:12 |
| 20 | For I am afraid that by any means, when I come, I might find you not the way I want to, and that I might be found by you as you don`t desire; that by any means there would be strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, whisperings, proud thoughts, riots; | 2Co 12:21 2Co 13:9 |
| 21 | that again when I come my God would humble me before you, and I would mourn for many of those who have sinned before now, and not repented of the uncleanness and sexual immorality and lustfulness which they committed. | 2Co 12:7 2Co 8:24 2Co 9:3 2Co 9:4 |
