2 Corinthians 12:4-17
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4 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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5 Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.
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6 For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.
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7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
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8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
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9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
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10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
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11 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
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12 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.
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13 For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.
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14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome 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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15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
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16 But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.
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17 Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?