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BSB
Berean Standard Bible
ASV
American Standard Version
I must go
on
boasting.
Although
there
is
nothing
to
gain
, I will go
on
to visions and revelations from
the Lord.
I must needs
glory
, though
it
is
not
expedient;
but
I will come
to visions and revelations of
the Lord.
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
.
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
.
And I know that
this
man —
whether 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),
was caught up to
Paradise .
The
things
he
heard were
too
sacred
for
words, things
that
man
is not permitted
to tell
.
how
that
he
was caught up into
Paradise ,
and
heard unspeakable
words, which
it
is not lawful
for
a
man
to utter
.
I
will
boast
about
such a man,
but I will not boast
about
myself
, except
in my weaknesses.
On
behalf
of
such a one
will
I
glory:
but on
mine
own
behalf
I will not glory
, save
in `
my '
weaknesses.
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 ,
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 .
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.
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
.
Three
times
I pleaded
with
the Lord to
take
it away
from me.
Concerning
this
thing
I besought
the Lord thrice,
that
it might
depart
from 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The true
marks
of an apostle —signs,
wonders,
and
miracles—
were performed
among you with
great
perseverance
.
Truly
the signs
of an apostle were wrought
among you in
all
patience,
by
signs
and
wonders
and
mighty
works
.
In
what way
were you
inferior to the other
churches, except that I was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong !
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 .
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.
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.
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?
And I will most gladly spend and be
spent
for
your
souls
. If I love you more abundantly
, am
I
loved
the
less?
Be that
as
it may
, I was
not a
burden to
you; but crafty as
I
am
, I caught you by
trickery
.
But
be it so
, I did
not myself
burden you; but ,
being
crafty, I caught you with
guile
.
Did I exploit
you by anyone
I sent you?
Did I take
advantage
of
you by any
one
of
them
whom
I have
sent unto
you?
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
?
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
?
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
.
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
.
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.
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;
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
.
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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