2 Corinthians 12:11

Bishops' Bible (1568)

I am become a foole in gloriyng. Ye haue compelled me: for I ought to haue ben commended of you. For nothyng was I inferiour vnto the chiefe Apostles, though I be nothyng,

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  • 2 Cor 11:5 : 5 Ueryly I suppose that I was not behynde the chiefe Apostles.
  • 2 Cor 11:1 : 1 Would to God ye coulde haue suffred me a litle in my foolishnesse: and in dede ye do forbeare me.
  • 2 Cor 11:16-17 : 16 I say agayne, let no man thynke that I am foolyshe: or els euen nowe take ye me as a foole, that I also may boast my selfe a litle. 17 That I speake, I speake it not after the Lorde: but as it were foolishly, in this maner of boastyng.
  • 2 Cor 12:6 : 6 For though I woulde desire to glorie, I shall not be a foole, for I wyll say the trueth: but I nowe refrayne, lest any man shoulde thynke of me, aboue that which he seeth me to be, or yt he heareth of me.
  • 2 Cor 12:12 : 12 Truely the signes of an Apostle were wrought among you, in all patience, and signes, and wonders, and myghtie deedes.
  • Gal 2:6-9 : 6 Of them which seemed to be somewhat (what they were in time passed, it maketh no matter to me, God accepteth no mans person) for they which seemed chiefe, added nothyng to me. 7 But contrary wyse, when they sawe that the Gospell of the vncircumcision was committed vnto me, as the Gospel of the circumcision was committed vnto Peter. 8 (For he that was myghtie in Peter, to the Apostleshyp of the circumcision, the same was myghtie in me towarde the gentiles) 9 When they perceaued the grace that was geuen vnto me, then Iames, Cephas, and Iohn, which seemed to be pyllers, gaue to me and Barnabas the ryght handes of felowshyppe, that we shoulde be Apostles vnto the Heathen, and they vnto the circumcision. 10 Onely that we shoulde remember the poore: Wherin also I was diligent to do the same. 11 But whe Peter was come to Antioche, I withstoode him to the face, because he was to be blamed. 12 For yer yt certaine came from Iames, he dyd eate with the gentiles: But whe they were come, he withdrue, and seperated himselfe, fearing them which were of the circumcision. 13 And the other Iewes dissembled lykewyse with hym: insomuch that Barnabas also was brought into their simulation. 14 But when I sawe that they went not the ryght way to the trueth of the Gospel, I saide vnto Peter before them all: If thou beyng a Iewe, lyuest after the maner of the gentiles, and not as do the Iewes: Why causest thou the gentiles to lyue as do the Iewes?
  • Eph 3:8 : 8 Unto me the least of all saintes is this grace geuen, that I shoulde preache among the gentiles the vnsearchable ryches of Christe,
  • Luke 17:10 : 10 So lykewyse ye, when ye haue done all those thynges which are commaunded you, say, We are vnprofitable seruauntes, We haue done that which was our duetie to do.
  • 1 Cor 3:4-7 : 4 For whyle one sayth, I am of Paul, and another, I am of Apollo, are ye not carnall? 5 What is Paul? what is Apollo? Only ministers are they by whom ye beleued, euen as the Lorde gaue to euery man. 6 I haue planted, Apollo watered: but God gaue the encrease. 7 So then, neither is he that planteth any thyng, neither he that watreth: but God that geueth the encrease.
  • 1 Cor 3:22 : 22 Whether it be Paul, or Apollo, or Cephas, either the worlde, either lyfe, or death, whether they be present thinges, or thynges to come, all are yours:
  • 1 Cor 15:8-9 : 8 And last of all he was seene of me, as of one borne out of due tyme. 9 For I am the least of the Apostles, which am not worthy to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the Churche of God. 10 But by the grace of God, I am that I am: And his grace which is in me, was not in vayne: But I laboured more aboundauntly then they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which is with me.
  • 2 Cor 1:6 : 6 Whether we be troubled it is for your consolation and saluation, which saluation sheweth her power, in that ye suffer the same afflictions whiche we also suffer: or whether we be comforted it is for your consolation & saluation:

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    5Ueryly I suppose that I was not behynde the chiefe Apostles.

    6But though I be rude in speakyng, yet not in knowledge, but in all thynges among you, we haue ben well knowen to the vtmost.

    7Dyd I sinne because I submitted my selfe, that ye myght be exalted, & because I preached to you the Gospell of God freely?

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    16I say agayne, let no man thynke that I am foolyshe: or els euen nowe take ye me as a foole, that I also may boast my selfe a litle.

    17That I speake, I speake it not after the Lorde: but as it were foolishly, in this maner of boastyng.

    18Seyng that many glorie after ye fleshe, I wyll glorie also.

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    5Of such a man wyll I glorie, yet of my selfe wyll I not glorie, but in myne infirmities.

    6For though I woulde desire to glorie, I shall not be a foole, for I wyll say the trueth: but I nowe refrayne, lest any man shoulde thynke of me, aboue that which he seeth me to be, or yt he heareth of me.

    7And lest I shoulde be exalted out of measure through the aboundaunce of the reuelations, there was geuen vnto me a pricke to the fleshe, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, because I should not be exalted out of measure.

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    21I speake concernyng reproche, as though we had ben weake: Howbeit, wherin soeuer any man is bolde, (I speake foolishly) I am bolde also.

    22They are Ebrues, euen so am I. They are Israelites, euen so am I. They are the seede of Abraham, euen so am I.

    23They are the ministers of Christe, (I speake as a foole) I am more: in labours more aboundant, in stripes aboue measure, in pryson more plenteouslie, in death oft.

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    12Truely the signes of an Apostle were wrought among you, in all patience, and signes, and wonders, and myghtie deedes.

    13For what is it, wherin ye were inferiour vnto other Churches, except it be that I was not chargeable vnto you? Forgeue me this wrong.

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    9And he sayde vnto me: My grace is sufficient for thee. For my strength is made perfect in weakenesse. Most gladly therfore, I wyll rather glorie in my infirmities, that the power of Christ myght dwell in me.

    10Therfore haue I delectation in infirmities, in rebukes, in necessities, in persecutions, in anguishes for Christes sake: For when I am weake, then am I strong.

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    29Who is weake, and I am not weake? who is offended, and I burne not?

    30If I must needes glory, I wyll glory of the thynges that concerne myne infirmities.

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    9For I am the least of the Apostles, which am not worthy to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the Churche of God.

    10But by the grace of God, I am that I am: And his grace which is in me, was not in vayne: But I laboured more aboundauntly then they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which is with me.

    11Therfore, whether it were I or they, so we preache, and so haue ye beleued.

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