2 Corinthians 12

12It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. ^†I will come to ^avisions and ^brevelations of the Lord. ²I knew a man ^cin Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: ^dGod knoweth;) ^esuch an one ^fcaught up to ^gthe third heaven. ^3*And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: ^dGod knoweth;) ⁴How that he was ^fcaught up into ^hparadise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not ^||ilawful for a man to utter. ⁵Of such an one will I glory: yet ^kof myself I will not glory, ^lbut in mine infirmities. ⁶For though I would desire to glory, ^mI shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now ⁿI forbear, lest any man should ^othink of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me. ⁷And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the ^brevelations, ^lthere was given to me ^pa thorn in the flesh, ^qthe messenger of ^rSatan to ^sbuffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. ⁸For this thing I besought the Lord ^tthrice, that it might depart from me. ⁹And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for ^umy strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore ^kwill I rather glory in my infirmities, that ^vthe power of Christ may rest upon me. ¹⁰Therefore ^lI ^wtake pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in ^xznecessities, in ^ypersecutions, in ^zdistresses for Christ’s sake: ^afor when I am weak, then am I strong. ^11bI am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been ^ccommended of you: for ^din nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, ^ethough I be nothing. ¹²Truly ^fthe signs of ^gan apostle were wrought among you ^hin all patience, ^fin ⁱsigns, and ⁱwonders, and mighty deeds. ¹³For ^jwhat is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that ^kI myself ^lwas not burdensome to you? forgive me ^mthis wrong.

¹⁴Behold, ⁿthe third time I am ready to come to you; and ^lI will not be burdensome to you: for ^oI seek not yours, but you: for ^pthe children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. ¹⁵And ^qI will very gladly spend and be spent for ^†you; though ^rthe more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved. ¹⁶But be it so, I did not ^sburden you: nevertheless, being ^tcrafty, I caught you with guile. ¹⁷Did I ^umake a gain of you ^vby any of them whom I sent unto you? ^18wI desired Titus, and with him I sent ^xa brother. Did Titus ^umake a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in ^xxthe same steps?

^19yAgain, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? ^zwe speak before God in Christ: but we do ^aall things, dearly beloved, for your ^bedifying. ²⁰For I fear, lest, ^cwhen I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that ^cI shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be ^ddebates, ^denvyings, ^dwraths, ^dstrifes, ^ebackbitings, ^fwhisperings, swellings, ^gtumults: ²¹And lest, ^hwhen I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many ⁱwhich have sinned already, and have not repented of the ^juncleanness and ^jkfornication and ^jllasciviousness which they have committed.