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2 Corinthians 12:1
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I must needs glory, though it is not expedient;
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2 Corinthians 12:2
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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. |
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2 Corinthians 12:3
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And I know such a man (whether in the body,
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2 Corinthians 12:4
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how
that he was caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is
not lawful for a man to utter. |
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2 Corinthians 12:5
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On behalf of such a one will I glory: but on
mine own behalf I will not glory, save in my weaknesses. |
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2 Corinthians 12:6
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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. |
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2 Corinthians 12:7
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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. |
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2 Corinthians 12:8
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Concerning this thing I besought the Lord thrice,
that it might depart from me. |
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2 Corinthians 12:9
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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. |
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2 Corinthians 12:10
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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. |
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2 Corinthians 12:11
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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. |
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2 Corinthians 12:12
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Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among
you in all patience, by signs and wonders and mighty works. |
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2 Corinthians 12:13
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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. |
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2 Corinthians 12:14
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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. |
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2 Corinthians 12:15
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And I will most gladly spend and be spent for
your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less? |
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2 Corinthians 12:16
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But be it so, I did not myself burden you; but,
being crafty, I caught you with guile. |
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2 Corinthians 12:17
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Did I take advantage of you by any one of them
whom I have sent unto you? |
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2 Corinthians 12:18
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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? |
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2 Corinthians 12:19
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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. |
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2 Corinthians 12:20
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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; |
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2 Corinthians 12:21
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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. |
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