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1
Boasting
is necessary,
though
it is not profitable;
but I will go
on to visions
and revelations
of the Lord.
2
I know
a man
in Christ
who fourteen
years
ago--
whether
in the body
I do not know,
or
out of the body
I do not know,
God
knows--
such
a man
was caught
up to the third
heaven.
3
And I know how
such
a man--
whether
in the body
or
apart
from the body
I do not know,
God
knows--
4
was caught
up into Paradise
and heard
inexpressible
words,
which
a man
is not permitted
to speak.
5
On
behalf
of such a man
I will boast;
but on my own
behalf
I will not boast,
except
in regard to my weaknesses.
6
For if
I do wish
to boast
I will not be foolish,
for I will be speaking
the truth;
but I refrain
from this, so that no
one
will credit
me with more than
he sees
in me or
hears
from me.
7
Because of the surpassing greatness
of the revelations,
for this reason,
to keep
me from exalting
myself, there was given
me a thorn
in the flesh,
a messenger
of Satan
to torment
me--
to keep
me from exalting
myself!
8
Concerning
this
I implored
the Lord
three times
that it might leave
me.
9
And He has said
to me, "My grace
is sufficient
for you, for power
is perfected
in weakness."
Most gladly,
therefore,
I will rather
boast
about
my weaknesses,
so
that the power
of Christ
may dwell
in me.
10
Therefore
I am
well content
with weaknesses,
with insults,
with distresses,
with persecutions,
with difficulties,
for Christ's
sake;
for when
I am
weak,
then
I am
strong.
11
I have become
foolish;
you yourselves
compelled
me. Actually
I should
have been commended
by you, for in no
respect
was I inferior
to the most eminent
apostles,
even
though
I am
a nobody.
12
The signs
of a true apostle
were performed
among
you with all
perseverance,
by signs
and wonders
and miracles.
13
For in what
respect were you treated as inferior
to the rest
of the churches,
except
that I myself
did not become a burden
to you? Forgive
me this
wrong!
14
Here
for this
third time
I am
ready
to come
to you, and I will not be a burden
to you; for I do not seek
what is yours,
but you; for children
are not responsible
to save
up for their parents,
but parents
for their children.
15
I will most gladly
spend
and be expended
for your souls.
If
I love
you more,
am I to be loved
less?
16
But be that as it may, I did not burden
you myself;
nevertheless,
crafty
fellow that I am, I took
you in by deceit.
17
Certainly I have not taken advantage
of you through
any
of those whom
I have sent
to you, have I?
18
I urged
Titus
to go, and I sent
the brother
with him.
Titus
did not take any advantage
of you, did he? Did we not conduct ourselves
in the same
spirit
and walk
in the same
steps?
19
All this time
you have been thinking
that we are defending
ourselves to you. Actually, it is in the sight
of God
that we have been speaking
in Christ;
and all
for your upbuilding,
beloved.
20
For I am afraid
that perhaps
when I come
I may find
you to be not what
I wish
and may be found
by
you to be not what
you wish;
that perhaps
there will be strife,
jealousy,
angry tempers,
disputes,
slanders,
gossip,
arrogance,
disturbances;
21
I am afraid that when I come
again
my God
may humiliate
me before
you, and I may mourn
over many
of those
who have sinned in the past
and not repented
of the impurity,
immorality
and sensuality
which
they have practiced.
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