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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 Christs 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.
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