2 Corinthians 12:6
For if I shall wish to glory, I will not be a fool; for I speak the truth: but I fear, lest some one may consider with reference to me above what he sees me, or hears from me.
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
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Romans 9:1I speak the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
1 Corinthians 3:9For we are God's fellow-laborers; ye are God's farm; ye are God's building.
2 Corinthians 5:13For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we have our right minds, it is for you.
2 Corinthians 11:16Again I say, Let no one consider me to be a fool; but if not, receive me as a fool, in order that I may indeed glory some little.
2 Corinthians 12:7And that I may not be exalted by the abundance of revelations, a thorn was given unto me in the flesh, the messenger of Satan that he may buffet me, in order that I may 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 →