2 Corinthians 12:5

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On behalf of this man I will boast, but concerning myself I will not boast, except in my weaknesses.

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  • 1 Cor 2:3 : 3 I came to you in weakness, fear, and great trembling.
  • 2 Cor 11:30 : 30 If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.
  • 2 Cor 12:9-9 : 9 But He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.' Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore, I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

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  • 2 Cor 11:29-30
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    89%

    29Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation?

    30If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.

  • 2 Cor 12:6-11
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    85%

    6For if I desire to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, lest anyone think more of me than what they see in me or hear from me.

    7And because of the extraordinary revelations, so that I might not become conceited, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to torment me, so that I would not become conceited.

    8Concerning this, I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me.

    9But He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.' Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

    10Therefore, I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

    11I have become foolish in boasting; you compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you, because I am in no way inferior to the 'super-apostles,' even though I am nothing.

  • 2 Cor 12:1-4
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    1Boasting is indeed not profitable for me. But I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.

    2I 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—was caught up to the third heaven.

    3And I know such a man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know; God knows—

    4was caught up into paradise and heard inexpressible words, which are not lawful for a man to utter.

  • 2 Cor 11:16-18
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    16I repeat, let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then tolerate me as you would a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

    17What I am saying, I do not say as from the Lord, but as if in foolishness, with this confidence of boasting.

    18Since many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast.

  • Rom 15:17-18
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    17Therefore, I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to God.

    18I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obey God by what I have said and done.

  • 2 Cor 10:16-18
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    16so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. For we do not want to boast in work already done in another person's area.

    17But, 'Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.'

    18For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.

  • 2 Cor 5:12
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    12We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to take pride in us, so that you can answer those who take pride in what is seen rather than in what is in the heart.

  • 2 Cor 11:5
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    5I do not consider myself in any way inferior to these 'super-apostles.'

  • 2 Cor 11:10
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    10As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.

  • Eph 3:13
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    13Therefore, I ask you not to lose heart over my sufferings for you, which are for your glory.

  • 1 Cor 9:15
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    15But I have not made use of any of these rights, and I am not writing this to make it happen for me. I would rather die than let anyone deprive me of my reason for boasting.

  • 1 Cor 1:31
    74%

    31Therefore, as it is written: "Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord."

  • 2 Cor 10:8
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    8Even if I boast a little more about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed.

  • Gal 6:14
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    14But as for me, may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

  • 2 Cor 11:21
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    21To my shame, I must admit that we were too weak for that! Yet whatever anyone else dares to boast about—I am speaking like a fool—I also dare to boast.

  • 2 Cor 12:13
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    13For in what way were you less favored than the other churches, except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!

  • 2 Cor 11:12
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    12And I will keep on doing what I am doing, so that I can cut off the opportunity of those who want an opportunity to be regarded as our equals in the things they boast about.

  • 2 Cor 7:4
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    4I have great confidence in you; I take great pride in you. I am filled with comfort; I am overflowing with joy in all our afflictions.

  • 1 Cor 1:29
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    29So that no one may boast before him.

  • 1 Cor 15:10
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    10But by the grace of God, I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

  • 2 Cor 13:3-4
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    3Since you are looking for proof that Christ is speaking through me, who is not weak in dealing with you but is powerful among you.

    4For though He was crucified in weakness, He lives by the power of God. Likewise, we are weak in Him, but we will live with Him by God’s power for your benefit.

  • Gal 4:13
    71%

    13You know that it was because of a weakness in my flesh that I first preached the gospel to you.

  • 2 Cor 10:12-13
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    12We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they lack understanding.

    13We, however, will not boast beyond proper limits, but will confine our boasting to the sphere of service God has assigned to us, a sphere that also includes you.

  • Phil 3:4
    71%

    4Though I myself have reason for confidence in the flesh. If anyone else thinks they have grounds for confidence in the flesh, I have more:

  • Gal 1:24
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    24And they glorified God because of me.

  • Rom 15:1
    70%

    1We who are strong ought to bear with the weaknesses of those who are weak, and not to please ourselves.

  • Phil 1:30
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    30since you are experiencing the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.

  • 2 Cor 4:7
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    7But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.

  • 2 Cor 10:2
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    2I beg you that when I am present, I will not have to be bold with the confidence I consider using against some, who think we live according to the flesh.

  • 2 Cor 7:14
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    14For if I have boasted to him about you, I was not put to shame. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting about you to Titus has been found to be true as well.

  • 1 Cor 4:6
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    6Brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your sake, so that you may learn from us not to go beyond what is written. Then you will not be puffed up in being a follower of one of us over and against another.

  • 2 Cor 3:5
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    5Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God.

  • 1 Cor 4:10
    69%

    10We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, but we are dishonored!

  • 2 Cor 11:1
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    1I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness. Indeed, you are bearing with me.