2 Corinthians 12:6
If I should choose to continue boasting I should not be foolish, for I should be speaking the truth. But I refrain, lest by the stupendous grandeur of the revelation any one should estimate me beyond what he sees in me, or hears from me.
Montgomery New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
5Of such a one I will boast; but on my own behalf I will not boast except in my weaknesses.
Cross References
Romans 9:1I am speaking the truth in Christ, it is no lie. My conscience bears me witness in the Holy Spirit that I have deep sorrow
1 Corinthians 3:9For we are God’s fellow workers; and you are God’s field, you are God’s building.
2 Corinthians 5:13For if I was "beside myself," it was to God; of if I am now "of sound mind," it is for you.
2 Corinthians 11:16I say again, let no one think me a fool. Or, if you must, at least bear with me as a fool, that I, too, may do a little boasting.
2 Corinthians 12:7It was for this reason, lest I should be over-elated, that there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, to buffet me, lest I should be over-elated.
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 →