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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>2 Corinthians 12 Worsley's New Testament</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_corinthians/12.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/2_corinthians/12-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">WNT</a> > 2 Corinthians 12</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_corinthians/11.htm" title="2 Corinthians 11">◄</a> 2 Corinthians 12 <a href="../2_corinthians/13.htm" title="2 Corinthians 13">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Worsley's New Testament</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/2_corinthians/12-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Paul’s Revelation<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>To boast indeed does not become me: but I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago (whether in the body, or out of the body, I know not, God knoweth) such a one caught up to the third heaven. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And I know such a man (whether <i>then</i> in the body, or out of the body, <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I know not, God knoweth) that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unutterable words, which it is not permitted unto man to speak. <A name="6"></a><p class="hdg">Paul’s Thorn and God’s Grace<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Of such a one I will boast; but of myself I will not boast, unless in my infirmities. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>For though I should incline to boast, I shall not be a fool; for I should speak truth. But I forbear least any <i>one</i> should think of me above what he seeth me <i>to be,</i> or heareth from me.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And least I should be too much lifted up with the abundance of the revelations, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, least I should be too much elevated. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For this I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And He said unto me, <FR>"My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is manifested in <Fr><i>thy</i><FR> weakness."<Fr> With the greatest pleasure therefore will I glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, <i>and</i> in straits for the sake of Christ: for when I am <i>thus</i> weak, then am I <i>made</i> strong.<p> <A name="12"></a><p class="hdg">Paul’s Concern for the Corinthians<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Am I become vain <i>in</i> boasting? ye have forced me <i>to it:</i> for I ought to have been recommended by you, as I have in nothing fallen short of the very chiefest <i>of the</i> apostles, though <i>in myself</i> I am nothing. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The marks indeed of an apostle have been shewn among you with all patience, by signs, and wonders, and miracles. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>For what is it that ye were inferior <i>in</i> to the rest of the churches, unless <i>it be</i> that I myself was not burdensome to you?--- Forgive me this injury.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not your <i>substance,</i> but your <i>selves.</i> For children are not <i>expected</i> to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And I will with the greatest pleasure spend and be spent for your souls; even though the more I love you, the less I <i>should</i> be loved. <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Be it <i>so, that</i> I did not burden you <i>myself,</i> yet, <i>may some say,</i> being crafty I over-reached you by subtilty. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><i>But</i> did I make a gain of you by any of those whom I sent to you? <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>I desired Titus <i>to come to you,</i> and with <i>him</i> I sent a brother: did Titus make a gain of you? did we not walk in the same spirit? <i>did we</i> not <i>tread</i> in the same steps?<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Do ye then think that we are making apologies to you? <i>No,</i> we speak before God in Christ: and all, <i>my</i> beloved, for your edification. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>For I am afraid least when I come, I should not find you such as I <i>could</i> wish, and I should be found to you such as ye would not: least <i>there should be</i> contentions, emulations, animosities, strifes, thwartings, whisperings, swellings, tumults: <i>and</i> least, <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/12-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>when I come again, my God should humble me among you, and I should be grieved for many of those who have sinned heretofore, and have not repented of the impurity, and fornication, and lewdness which they have practised.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Worsley's New Testament (1770)<br><br>Digital Text Courtesy <a href="https://theword.net">TheWord.net Bible Software</a>.<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../2_corinthians/11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Corinthians 11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Corinthians 11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../2_corinthians/13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Corinthians 13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Corinthians 13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>