2 Corinthians 12:5

Of such a one I will boast; but of myself I will not boast, except in my weaknesses.

Weymouth NT (1912)

In The King James Version

Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.

In Context

4God knows--was caught up into Paradise and heard unspeakable things which no human being is permitted to repeat.

6If however I should choose to boast, I should not be a fool for so doing, for I should be speaking the truth. But I forbear, lest any one should be led to estimate me more highly than what his own eyes attest, or more highly than what he hears from my lips.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 2:3And so far as I myself was concerned, I came to you in conscious feebleness and in fear and in deep anxiety.

2 Corinthians 12:9but His reply has been, "My grace suffices for you, for power matures in weakness." Most gladly therefore will I boast of my infirmities rather than complain of them--in order that Christ's power may overshadow me.

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 →

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