2 Corinthians 12:6
For though I should be disposed to boast, I shall not be a fool; for I shall speak truth: but I desist, lest any man think of me above what he seeth me to be, or what he heareth of me.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
5Of such a one will I boast; but in myself will I not boast, save in my infirmities.
Cross References
Romans 9:1I SPEAK the truth in Christ, I lie not, (my conscience also bearing witness to me in the Holy Ghost,)
1 Corinthians 3:9For we are God’s fellowlabourers: ye are God’s husbandry, ye are God’s building.
2 Corinthians 5:13For if we are transported out of ourselves, it is for God; or if we are sober-minded, it is for your sake.
2 Corinthians 11:16I repeat it again, Let no man suppose that I am a fool; but if otherwise, then as a fool receive me, that I too may boast myself a little.
2 Corinthians 12:7And that I might not be lifted up above measure by the transcendent greatness of the revelations, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, the angel Satan, to buffet me, that I might not be lifted up above measure.
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 →