2 Corinthians 12:6
For if I should want to boast, I will not be foolish, for I will speak the truth. But I refrain lest any man should reckon to me above what he sees of me or hears anything from me.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
5For such a man I will boast, but for myself I will not boast, except in my weaknesses.
Cross References
Romans 9:1I say the truth in Christ, I do not lie, my conscience testifying to me in the Holy Spirit,
1 Corinthians 3:9For we are co-workmen of God. Ye are a tillage of God, an edifice of God.
2 Corinthians 5:13For whether we are beside ourselves to God, or we are of normal mind, it is for you.
2 Corinthians 11:16I say again, let not any man think me to be foolish, but if otherwise--even if as foolish--accept me, so that I also may boast some a little.
2 Corinthians 12:7And so that I might not be over exalted by the extraordinariness of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, an agent of Satan so that he would buffet me, so that I would not be over exalted.
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 12:2-11
The Apostle's Rapture. ( a. d. 57.) 1 It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. 2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven. 3 And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) 4 How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for… Read the whole commentary →