Verse
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American Standard Version
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Berean Standard Bible
I must needs
glory,
though
it
is not
expedient;
but
I will come
to visions and revelations of
the Lord.
I must go
on
boasting.
Although
there
is nothing
to
gain,
I will go
on
to visions and revelations from
the Lord.
I know a man in Christ ,
fourteen years ago (
whether in the body ,
I
know
not;
or whether
out of the
body,
I know
not ;
God
knoweth)
, such
a
one
caught
up
even
to
the
third
heaven
.
I know a man in Christ who
fourteen years ago was
caught
up
to
the
third
heaven.
Whether it
was
in the body or out of it
I do
not know
, but
God
knows
.
And I know such
a
man (
whether in the body ,
or apart
from
the
body,
I know
not ;
God
knoweth)
,
And I know that
this
man —
whether in the body or out
of
it
I do
not know
, but
God
knows—
how
that
he
was caught up into
Paradise ,
and
heard unspeakable
words, which
it
is not lawful
for
a
man
to utter
.
was caught up to
Paradise .
The
things
he
heard were
too
sacred
for
words, things
that
man
is not permitted
to tell
.
On
behalf
of
such a one
will
I
glory:
but on
mine
own
behalf
I will not glory
, save
in `
my '
weaknesses.
I
will
boast
about
such a man,
but I will not boast
about
myself
, except
in my weaknesses.
For
if I should
desire
to glory
, I shall
not be foolish;
for
I shall
speak
the truth :
but I forbear
, lest
any
man
should
account
of
me above
that
which
he seeth
me `to
be',
or heareth
from me .
Even
if I wanted
to boast
, I would
not be a
fool,
because
I would
be
speaking
the truth .
But I refrain
, so
no
one
will
credit
me with
more
than
he sees
in
me or hears
from me ,
And
by
reason
of
the
exceeding
greatness
of the
revelations, that
I should
not
be
exalted
overmuch,
there
was given to
me
a thorn in the
flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet
me ,
that
I
should
not
be
exalted
overmuch
.
or
because
of these
surpassingly
great
revelations .
So
to
keep
me
from
becoming
conceited
, I was given a thorn in my
flesh, a messenger of Satan ,
to torment
me.
Concerning
this
thing
I besought
the Lord thrice,
that
it might
depart
from me.
Three
times
I pleaded
with
the Lord to
take
it away
from me.
And
he hath
said unto
me, My grace is sufficient for thee:
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 upon
me.
But
He said to
me, “
My grace is sufficient for you,
for My power is perfected
in weakness. ”
Therefore I will
boast
all
the
more
gladly
in my weaknesses, so
that the power of Christ may rest on
me.
Wherefore
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.
That
is
why,
for
the
sake
of
Christ,
I delight
in weaknesses, in insults
, in hardships
, in persecutions, in difficulties.
For when I am weak, then I am
strong.
I am
become foolish:
ye
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.
I have
become a
fool,
but
you
drove
me to it.
In
fact,
you
should
have commended me,
since
I am
in
no
way
inferior
to
those
“super-
apostles, ”
even
though I am nothing.
Truly
the signs
of an apostle were
wrought
among
you
in
all
patience,
by
signs and
wonders and mighty
works
.
The true
marks
of an apostle —
signs ,
wonders ,
and miracles—were
performed
among
you
with
great
perseverance
.
For
what is
there
wherein
ye
were made
inferior to the rest
of
the
churches, except `it
be'
that I myself
was not a burden to you? forgive me this wrong .
In
what way
were you
inferior to the other
churches, except that I was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong !
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 yours
, but you :
for the
children ought
not to lay
up for the
parents, but the
parents for the
children.
See
, I am ready to come to you a
third
time,
and I will not be a burden ,
because
I am
not seeking
your
possessions
, but you .
For children should
not have
to save
up for their
parents, but parents for their
children.
And I will most gladly spend and be
spent
for
your
souls
. If I love you more abundantly
, am
I
loved
the
less?
And for
the
sake
of
your
souls,
I will most gladly spend my
money
and myself
. If I love you more, will
you
love
me
less?
But
be it so
, I did
not myself
burden you; but ,
being
crafty, I caught you with
guile
.
Be that
as
it may
, I was
not a
burden to
you; but crafty as
I
am
, I caught you by
trickery
.
Did I take
advantage
of
you by any
one
of
them
whom
I have
sent unto
you?
Did I exploit
you by anyone
I sent you?
I exhorted
Titus, and I sent the
brother with him. Did Titus take
any
advantage
of
you? walked
we not in the same spirit ?
`walked
we'
not
in the same steps
?
I urged
Titus to
visit
you
, and I sent our
brother with him. Did Titus exploit
you in
any
way
? Did
we not walk
in the same Spirit and
follow
in the same footsteps
?
Ye
think
all this
time
that we are
excusing
ourselves
unto
you .
In
the
sight
of
God
speak
we in Christ .
But
all things
, beloved, `are'
for
your
edifying
.
Have
you
been
thinking
all along
that we were
making
a
defense
to
you ?
We speak
before
God
in Christ ,
and
all of
this
, beloved, is
to
build
you
up
.
For I fear,
lest
by
any
means,
when I come, I should
find you not
such
as I would
, and should
myself
be
found
of
you such
as
ye
would
not ;
lest
by
any
means
`
there should
be '
strife
, jealousy, wraths
, factions
, backbitings
, whisperings
, swellings
, tumults;
For I am
afraid
that
when I come, I may
not
find you as I wish
, and you may
not find
me
as
you
wish.
I
fear
that
there may
be quarreling
, jealousy, rage
, rivalry
, slander
, gossip
, arrogance
, and
disorder.
lest
again
when I come my God should
humble me before you, and I should
mourn
for
many of
them
that
have sinned heretofore,
and repented
not of the
uncleanness
and
fornication
and lasciviousness
which
they
committed
.
I
am
afraid
that
when I come again,
my God will
humble me before you, and I will
be
grieved
over
many who
have sinned earlier
and have
not repented
of their
acts
of
impurity,
sexual
immorality,
and debauchery
.
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