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2 Corinthians 12 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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The Vision of Paradise
Paul’s Love for the Church

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:1 - It is doubtless[fn] not profitable for me to boast. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:2 - I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago—whether in the body I do not know, or whether out of the body I do not know, God knows—such a one was caught up to the third heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:3 - And I know such a man—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows—

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:4 - how he was caught up into Paradise and heard inexpressible words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:5 - Of such a one I will boast; yet of myself I will not boast, except in my infirmities.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:6 - For though I might desire to boast, I will not be a fool; for I will speak the truth. But I refrain, lest anyone should think of me above what he sees me to be or hears from me.
The Thorn in the Flesh

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:7 - And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:8 - Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:9 - And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:10 - Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Signs of an Apostle

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:11 - I have become a fool in boasting;[fn] you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you; for in nothing was I behind the most eminent apostles, though I am nothing.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:12 - Truly the signs of an apostle were accomplished among you with all perseverance, in signs and wonders and mighty deeds.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:13 - For what is it in which you were inferior to other churches, except that I myself was not burdensome to you? Forgive me this wrong!
Love for the Church

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:14 - Now for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be burdensome to you; for I do not seek yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:15 - And I will very gladly spend and be spent for your souls; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:16 - But be that as it may, I did not burden you. Nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you by cunning!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:17 - Did I take advantage of you by any of those whom I sent to you?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:18 - I urged Titus, and sent our brother with him. Did Titus take advantage of you? Did we not walk in the same spirit? Did we not walk in the same steps?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:19 - Again, do you think[fn] that we excuse ourselves to you? We speak before God in Christ. But we do all things, beloved, for your edification.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:20 - For I fear lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I wish, and that I shall be found by you such as you do not wish; lest there be contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, backbitings, whisperings, conceits, tumults;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 12:21 - lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and I shall mourn for many who have sinned before and have not repented of the uncleanness, fornication, and lewdness which they have practiced.
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NKJV Footnotes
NU-Text reads necessary, though not profitable, to boast.
NU-Text omits in boasting.
NU-Text reads You have been thinking for a long time. . . .
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