2 Corinthians 12:6
For if I shall desire to boast, I shall not be a fool; for I will say [the] truth; but I forbear, lest any one should think as to me above what he sees me [to be], or whatever he may hear of me.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
5Of such [a one] I will boast, but of myself I will not boast, unless in my weaknesses.
Cross References
Romans 9:1I say [the] truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing witness with me in [the] Holy Spirit,
1 Corinthians 3:9For we are God's fellow-workmen; ye are God's husbandry, God's building.
2 Corinthians 5:13For whether we are beside ourselves, [it is] to God; or are sober, [it is] for you.
2 Corinthians 11:16Again I say, Let not any one think me to be a fool; but if otherwise, receive me then even as a fool, that *I* also may boast myself some little.
2 Corinthians 12:7And that I might not be exalted by the exceeding greatness of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn for the flesh, a messenger of Satan that he might buffet me, that I might not be 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 →