2 Corinthians 12:6

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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.

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  • 2 Cor 11:16 : 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.
  • 2 Cor 11:31 : 31 The God and father of our Lorde Iesus Christe, which is blessed for euermore, knoweth that I lye not.
  • 2 Cor 12:7 : 7 And 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.
  • 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 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,
  • Job 24:25 : 25 Is it not so? Who will then reproue me as a lyer, and say that my wordes are nothing worth? Bildad proueth that no man is cleane nor without sinne before God.
  • Rom 9:1 : 1 I say ye trueth in Christ, I lye not, my conscience also bearyng me witnesse by the holy ghost,
  • 1 Cor 3:5 : 5 What is Paul? what is Apollo? Only ministers are they by whom ye beleued, euen as the Lorde gaue to euery man.
  • 1 Cor 3:9-9 : 9 For we together are Gods labourers, ye are Gods husbandrie ye are Gods buyldyng. 10 Accordyng to the grace of God geuen vnto me, as a wise maister builder haue I layde the foundation, and another buyldeth theron. But let euery man take heede howe he buyldeth vpon.
  • 2 Cor 1:18 : 18 God is faythfull: For our preaching to you, was not yea and nay.
  • 2 Cor 5:13 : 13 For yf we be to feruent, to God are we to feruent: Or yf we kepe measure, for your cause kepe we measure.
  • 2 Cor 10:8-9 : 8 For though I shoulde boast my selfe somwhat more of our auctoritie, which the Lorde hath geuen to vs for edification, and not for your destruction, it shal not be to my shame: 9 Lest I should seeme as though I wet about to make you afrayde by letters. 10 For the letters sayth he, are sore and strong: but his bodyly presence is weake, and his speache rude.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Cor 12:1-5
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    1It is not expedient doubtles, for me to glorie, I wyl come to visions & reuelations of the Lorde.

    2For I knew a ma in Christe, aboue xiiij. yeres ago, (whether he were in the body I can not tell, or whether he were out of the body, I can not tell, God knoweth) that he was taken vp into the thirde heauen:

    3And I knewe the same man (whether in the body or out of the body, I can not tell, God knoweth)

    4Howe that he was take vp into paradise, & hearde vnspeakeable wordes, which is not lawfull for man to vtter.

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

  • 2 Cor 11:16-18
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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.

  • 2 Cor 11:30
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    30If I must needes glory, I wyll glory of the thynges that concerne myne infirmities.

  • 2 Cor 12:7-11
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    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.

    8For this thyng besought I the Lorde thryse, that it myght depart from me.

    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.

    11I 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,

  • 2 Cor 11:9-10
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    9And when I was present with you, and had nede, I was chargeable to no man: for that which was lackyng vnto me, the brethren which came from Macedonia supplied, and in all thynges I haue kept my selfe so that I shoulde not be chargeable to any man, and so wyll I kepe my selfe.

    10The trueth of Christe is in me, that this reioycyng shall not be shut vp agaynst me in the regions of Achaia.

  • 2 Cor 10:8-9
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    8For though I shoulde boast my selfe somwhat more of our auctoritie, which the Lorde hath geuen to vs for edification, and not for your destruction, it shal not be to my shame:

    9Lest I should seeme as though I wet about to make you afrayde by letters.

  • 1 Cor 9:15
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    15But I haue vsed none of these thinges. Neuerthelesse, I wrote not these thinges, that it shoulde be so done vnto me: For it were better for me to die, then that any man should make my reioycing vayne.

  • 2 Cor 11:12
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    12But what I do, that wyll I do, to cut away occasion from them which desire occasion, that they myght be founde lyke vnto vs, in yt wherin they gloried.

  • 2 Cor 11:5-6
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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.

  • 2 Cor 5:12
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    12For we prayse not our selues agayne vnto you, but geue you an occasion to reioyce of vs, that ye may haue somwhat agaynst them which reioyce in the face, and not in the heart.

  • 1 Cor 4:6
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    6And these thynges brethren, I haue figuratiuely applied vnto my selfe, and to Apollos, for your sakes, that ye might learne by vs, that no man conceaue in mynde aboue that whiche is written, that one swell not agaynst another for any mans cause.

  • Rom 15:17-18
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    17I haue therefore whereof I may reioyce through Christ Iesus, in those thynges which parteyne to God.

    18For I dare not speake of any of those thinges which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the gentiles obedient with worde and deede,

  • Gal 6:12-14
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    12As many as desire with outwarde appearaunce to please carnally, the same constrayne you to be circumcised, onlye lest they shoulde suffer persecution for the crosse of Christe.

    13For they the selues which are circumcised, kepe not the lawe: but desire to haue you circumcised, that they myght reioyce in your flesshe.

    14God forbyd that I shoulde reioyce, but in the crosse of our Lorde Iesus Christe, wherby the world is crucified vnto me, and I vnto the worlde.

  • 2 Cor 12:13
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    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.

  • 2 Cor 7:14
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    14I am therefore not nowe ashamed, though I boasted my selfe to hym of you. For as all thinges which we spake vnto you are true: euen so our boastyng that I made vnto Titus is made true.

  • 2 Cor 10:16-17
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    16And that I shall preache the Gospell, in those regions which are beyonde you: and not to glorie of those thynges, which by another mans measure are prepared alredy.

    17But let hym that glorieth, glorie in the Lorde.

  • Gal 6:3
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    3For if any man seeme to him selfe that he is somewhat, when he is nothyng, the same deceaueth hymselfe in his owne fansie.

  • Rom 3:7
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    7For yf the trueth of God hath more abounded through my lye, vnto his glory, why am I as yet iudged as a sinner?

  • 1 Thess 2:6
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    6Neither sought we prayse of men, neither of you, nor yet of others:

  • 2 Cor 10:2
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    2I beseche you, that I neede not to be bolde when I am present, with that same boldnesse, wherwith I am supposed to haue ben bolde, agaynst some, which repute vs as though we walked accordyng to the fleshe.

  • 2 Cor 10:12-13
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    12For we dare not make our selues of the number of them, or to compare our selues to them which praise themselues. Neuerthelesse, whyle they measure them selues, with them selues, and compare them selues with them selues, they vnderstande not.

    13But we wyll not reioyce aboue measure: but accordyng to the measure of the rule, which God hath distributed vnto vs, a measure to reache euen vnto you.

  • 2 Cor 11:21
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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.

  • 2 Cor 11:1
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    1Would to God ye coulde haue suffred me a litle in my foolishnesse: and in dede ye do forbeare me.

  • 2 Cor 9:3-4
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    3Yet haue I sent the brethren, lest our boastyng which I make of you, should be in vayne in this behalfe, that ye (as I haue sayde) may prepare your selues.

    4Lest yf they of Macedonia come with me, and fynde you vnprepared, we (I wyll not say you) shoulde be ashamed in this matter of boastyng.

  • Phil 3:4
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    4Though I might also haue confidence in the fleshe. If any other man thinketh that he hath wherof he myght trust in the fleshe, more I:

  • Eph 3:13
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    13Wherfore I desire that ye faynt not in my tribulations for you, whiche is your glorie.

  • 2 Cor 6:3
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    3Let vs geue none occasion of euyll in any thyng, that the ministerie be not blamed:

  • 1 Cor 4:3
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    3With me it is but a very small thyng that I shoulde be iudged of you, either of mans iudgement: No, I iudge not mine owne selfe.

  • Rom 9:1
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    1I say ye trueth in Christ, I lye not, my conscience also bearyng me witnesse by the holy ghost,

  • 1 Cor 1:31
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    31That accordyng as it is written: he that reioyceth, let hym reioyce in the Lorde.

  • Gal 4:12
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    12Brethren, I besech you be as I am for I am as ye are. Ye haue not iniured me at all.