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  2nd Corinthians   chapter 12

        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 a man to utter.
        5 Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I
       will not glory, but in mine infirmities.
        6 For though I would desire to glory, I shall
       not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now
       I forbear, lest any man should think of me above
       that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth
       of me.
        7 And lest I should be exalted above measure
       through the abundance of the revelations, there
       was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the
       messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should
       be exalted above measure.
        8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice,
       that it might depart from me.
        9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient
       for thee: for my strength is made perfect in
       weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather
       glory in my infirmities, that the power of
       Christ may rest upon me.
       10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in
       reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in
       distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am
       weak, then am I strong.
       11 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have
       compelled me: for I ought to have been commended
       of you: for in nothing am I behind the very
       chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
       12 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought
       among you in all patience, in signs, and
       wonders, and mighty deeds.
       13 For what is it wherein ye were inferior to
       other churches, except it be that I myself was
       not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.
       14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to
       you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I
       seek not yours, but you: for the children ought
       not to lay up for the parents, but the parents
       for the children.
       15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for
       you; though the more abundantly I love you, the
       less I be loved.
       16 But be it so, I did not burden you:
       nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with
       guile.
       17 Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom
       I sent unto you?
       18 I desired Titus, and with him I sent a
       brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we
       not in the same spirit? walked we not in the
       same steps?
       19 Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto
       you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do
       all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.
       20 For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not
       find you such as I would, and that I shall be
       found unto you such as ye would not: lest there
       be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes,
       backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
       21 And lest, when I come again, my God will
       humble me among you, and that I shall bewail
       many which have sinned already, and have not
       repented of the uncleanness and fornication and
       lasciviousness which they have committed.

...to 2nd Corinthians chapter 13

    
 

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