2 Corinthians 12:6
For if I should desire to boast, I shall not be foolish, for I shall speak truth; but I forbear, lest any one should reckon of me above what he sees me to be, or hears from me.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
In Context
5Of such a one I will boast; but of myself I will not boast, save in my infirmities.
Cross References
Romans 9:1I SAY the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit,
1 Corinthians 3:9For we are God's fellow-laborers; ye are God's field, God's building.
2 Corinthians 5:13For whether we were beside ourselves, it was for God; or whether we are of sound mind, it is for you.
2 Corinthians 11:16I say again, let no one think me foolish; but if it can not be so, yet receive me even if as foolish, that I too may boast myself a little.
2 Corinthians 12:7And that I might not be exalted overmuch through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I might not be exalted overmuch.
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 →