Oct. 2
2 Corinthians 12
2Co 12:1 It is
doubtless not profitable for me to boast. For I will come to visions
and revelations of the Lord.
2Co 12:2 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 I know such a
man (whether in the body, or outside of the body, I don't know; God
knows),
2Co 12:4 how he was
caught up into Paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not
lawful for a man to utter.
2Co 12:5 On behalf of
such a one I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast,
except in my weaknesses.
2Co 12:6 For if I would
desire to boast, I will not be foolish; for I will speak the truth.
But I refrain, so that no man may think more of me than that which he
sees in me, or hears from me.
2Co 12:7 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 torment me, that I should not be exalted
excessively.
2Co 12:8 Concerning
this thing, I begged the Lord three times that it might depart from
me.
2Co 12:9 He has said to
me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made
perfect in weakness." Most gladly therefore I will rather glory
in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.
2Co 12:10 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 12:11 I have become
foolish in boasting. You compelled me, for I ought to have been
commended by you, for in nothing was I inferior to the very best
apostles, though I am nothing.
2Co 12:12 Truly the
signs of an apostle were worked among you in all patience, in signs
and wonders and mighty works.
2Co 12:13 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 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 12:15 I will most
gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more
abundantly, am I loved the less?
2Co 12:16 But be it so,
I did not myself burden you. But, being crafty, I caught you with
deception.
2Co 12:17 Did I take
advantage of you by anyone of them whom I have sent to you?
2Co 12:18 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 12:19 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 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 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.