2 Corinthians 12:6

Coverdale Bible (1535)

And though I wolde boast my selfe, I dyd not foolishly, for I wolde saye the trueth. But I refrayne my selfe, lest eny ma shulde thinke of me aboue yt he seyth in me, or heareth of me.

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  • 2 Cor 11:16 : 16 I saye agayne, lest eny man thynke that I am folish: or els take me euen now as a fole, yt I maye boast my selfe a litle also.
  • 2 Cor 11:31 : 31 God ye father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, which is blessed for euer, knoweth that I lye not.
  • 2 Cor 12:7 : 7 And lest I shulde exalte my selfe out of measure because of the hye reuelacions, there is a warnynge geuen vnto my flesh, euen ye messaunger of Satan, to buffet me, that I shulde not exalte my selfe out off measure:
  • 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 I am become a fole i boastinge my selfe: Ye haue copelled me. For I oughte to be comended of you, in so moch as I am in nothinge inferior to ye hye Apostles. Though I be nothinge,
  • Job 24:25 : 25 Is it not so? Who wil the reproue me as a lyar, & saye yt my wordes are nothinge worth?
  • Rom 9:1 : 1 I saye the trueth in Christ, and lye not (wherof my conscience beareth me witnesse in the holy goost)
  • 1 Cor 3:5 : 5 What is Paul? What is Apollo? Eue mynisters are they, by whom ye are come to the beleue, and the same, acordinge as the LORDE hath geuen vnto euery man.
  • 1 Cor 3:9-9 : 9 For we are Gods labourers, ye are Gods hussbandry, ye are Gods buyldinge. 10 Acordinge to the grace of God which is geuen vnto me, as a wyse buylder haue I layed the foundacion, but another buyldeth theron. Yet let euery man take hede how he buyldeth theron.
  • 2 Cor 1:18 : 18 O faithfull God, that oure worde vnto you hath not bene yee and naye.
  • 2 Cor 5:13 : 13 For yf we do to moch, we do it vnto God: yf we kepe measure,we do it for youre sakes.
  • 2 Cor 10:8-9 : 8 And though I shulde boast my selfe somwhat more of oure auctorite which ye LORDE hath geue vs to edifye and not to destroye, it shulde not be to my shame. 9 This I saye, lest I shulde seme, as though I wente aboute to make you afrayed with letters. 10 For the pistles (saye they) are sore and stronge, but his bodely presence is weake, and his speache rude.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Cor 12:1-5
    5 verses
    85%

    1It profiteth me nothinge (no doute) to boaste. Neuertheles I wil come to ye visions and reuelacions off the LORDE.

    2I knowe a man in Christ aboue fourtene yeares a goo (whether he was in ye body, I can not tell: or whether he was out of the body, I can not tell, God knoweth.) the same was taken vp in to the thirde heauen:

    3and I knowe the same man (whether he was in ye body or out of the body, I can not tell, God knoweth)

    4how that he was take vp in to Paradise, and herde wordes not to be spoken, which no man can vtter.

    5Here of will I boast, but of my selfe wil I make no boast, excepte it be of myne infirmyties.

  • 2 Cor 11:16-18
    3 verses
    81%

    16I saye agayne, lest eny man thynke that I am folish: or els take me euen now as a fole, yt I maye boast my selfe a litle also.

    17That I speake now, that speake I not after the LORDE, but as it were in folishnes, whyle we are now come to boastinge:

    18Seynge that many boaste them selues after ye flesh, I wil boast my selfe also.

  • 2 Cor 11:30
    81%

    30Yf I must nedes make my boast, I wil boast my selfe of myne infirmyte.

  • 2 Cor 12:7-11
    5 verses
    80%

    7And lest I shulde exalte my selfe out of measure because of the hye reuelacions, there is a warnynge geuen vnto my flesh, euen ye messaunger of Satan, to buffet me, that I shulde not exalte my selfe out off measure:

    8for ye which I besoughte the LORDE thryse, that it mighte departe fro me.

    9And he sayde vnto me: My grace is sufficiet for the. For my strength is made perfecte thorow weaknes. Very glad therfore wil I reioyse in my weaknesses, that the strength of Christ maye dwell in me.

    10Therfore am I contente in infirmities, in rebukes, in necessities, in persecucions, in anguysshes for Christes sake: for wha I am weake, the am I stroge.

    11I am become a fole i boastinge my selfe: Ye haue copelled me. For I oughte to be comended of you, in so moch as I am in nothinge inferior to ye hye Apostles. Though I be nothinge,

  • 2 Cor 11:9-10
    2 verses
    78%

    9And whan I was present with you, and had nede, I was greuous to no man: for yt which was lackynge vnto me, the brethren which came fro Macedonia, suppleed. And in all thinges I kepte myselfe so, yt I shulde not be greuous to you, & so wyl I kepe my selfe.

    10As surely as the trueth of Christ is in me, this reioysinge shal not be taken fro me in the regions of Achaia.

  • 2 Cor 10:8-9
    2 verses
    77%

    8And though I shulde boast my selfe somwhat more of oure auctorite which ye LORDE hath geue vs to edifye and not to destroye, it shulde not be to my shame.

    9This I saye, lest I shulde seme, as though I wente aboute to make you afrayed with letters.

  • 1 Cor 9:15
    77%

    15But I haue vsed none of these thinges. Nether wryte I therof, that it shulde be done so vnto me: for I had rather dye, the that eny man shulde brynge my reioysinge to naughte.

  • 2 Cor 11:12
    76%

    12Neuertheles what I do and wyl do, that do I to cut awaye occasion, from the which seke occasion, that they mighte boast the selues to be like vnto vs.

  • 2 Cor 11:5-6
    2 verses
    76%

    5For I suppose that I am no lesse the the hye Apostles are.

    6And though I be rude in speakynge, yet am I not rude in knowlege. Howbeit amoge you I am knowne to the vttemost.

  • 2 Cor 5:12
    76%

    12We prayse not oure selues agayne vnto you, but geue you an occasion to reioyse of vs, yt ye maye haue to reioyse agaynst them, which reioyse after the outwarde appearaunce, and not after the hert.

  • 1 Cor 4:6
    76%

    6These thinges brethren haue I described in myne awne preson & in Apollos for youre sakes, that ye mighte lerne by vs, that noman counte hygher of him self, then aboue is wrytten, that one be not puft vp agaynst another for eny mans cause.

  • Rom 15:17-18
    2 verses
    75%

    17Therfore maye I boost myselfe thorow Iesu Christ, that I medle with thinges perteyninge vnto God.

    18For I durst not speake ought, excepte Christ had wroughte the same by me, to make the Heythen obediet thorow worde and dede,

  • Gal 6:12-14
    3 verses
    74%

    12They that wil please in the flesh, constrayne you to be circumcysed, onely lest they shulde be persecuted with the crosse of Christ.

    13For eue they them selues which are circumcysed, kepe not the lawe, but wolde haue you circucysed, that they mighte reioyse in youre flesh.

    14But God forbyd that I shulde reioyse, saue onely in the crosse of oure LORDE Iesus Christ, wherby the worlde is crucified vnto me, and I vnto the worlde.

  • 2 Cor 12:13
    74%

    13For what is it, wherin ye are inferiours to the other congregacions? excepte it be yt I haue not bene greuous vnto you.Forgeue me this wroge.

  • 2 Cor 7:14
    74%

    14I am therfore not now ashamed, though I boasted my selfe vnto him of you: but like as all is true that I haue spoke vnto you, euen so is oure boastinge vnto Titus founde true also.

  • 2 Cor 10:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    16and preach the Gospell vnto them that dwell beyonde you, and not to reioyse in that, which is prepared with another mans measure.

    17Let him that reioyseth, reioyse in the LORDE:

  • Gal 6:3
    74%

    3But yf eny man thinke himselfe to be somwhat (whan in dede he is nothinge) the same disceaueth himselfe.

  • Rom 3:7
    74%

    7For yf the trueth of God be thorow my lye the more excellent vnto his prayse, why shulde I the be iudged yet as a synner?

  • 1 Thess 2:6
    74%

    6nether soughte we prayse of men, nether of you ner of eny other, whan we mighte haue bene chargeable vnto you as the Apostles off Christ,

  • 2 Cor 10:2
    74%

    2I beseke you that I nede not be bolde whan I am present, & to vse yt boldnesse wherwith I am supposed to be bolde, agaynst some, which repute vs as though we walked after ye flesh:

  • 2 Cor 10:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12For we darre not reken or compare oure selues, vnto some that prayse them selues: Neuertheles whyle they measure them selues by them selues, and holde onely of them selues, they vnderstonde nothinge.

    13Howbeit we wil not boast or selues aboue measure, but onely acordinge to the measure of the rule, wherwith God hath distributed vnto vs the measure to reach euen vnto you.

  • 2 Cor 11:21
    73%

    21I speake concernynge rebuke, as though we were weake.Wherin so euer now eny man darre be bolde (I speake folishly) therin darre I be bolde also.

  • 2 Cor 11:1
    73%

    1Wolde God ye coulde suffre me a litle in my foloshnes, yet do ye forbeare me.

  • 2 Cor 9:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3Neuertheles yet haue we sent these brethren, lest oure reioysinge ouer you shulde be in vayne in this behalfe, that ye mighte be ready, as I haue reported of you:

    4lest whan they of Macedonia come with me, and fynde you vnprepared, we (I wyl not saye ye) shulde be ashamed in this presumpcion of boostinge.

  • Phil 3:4
    72%

    4though I haue wherof I mighte reioyce in ye flesh. Yf eny other ma thynke that he hath wherof he mighte reioyce in the flesh, moch more I,

  • Eph 3:13
    72%

    13Wherfore I desyre that ye faynte not because of my tribulacions, yt I suffre for you, which is youre prayse.

  • 2 Cor 6:3
    72%

    3Let vs geue no man occasion of euell, that oure office be not euell spoken of:

  • 1 Cor 4:3
    72%

    3It is but a small thinge vnto me, that I shulde be iudged of you, or of mans daye, nether iudge I myne awne selfe.

  • Rom 9:1
    71%

    1I saye the trueth in Christ, and lye not (wherof my conscience beareth me witnesse in the holy goost)

  • 1 Cor 1:31
    71%

    31that, acordinge as it is wrytten: He that reioyseth, shulde reioyse in the LORDE.

  • Gal 4:12
    71%

    12Brethre I beseke you, be ye as I am, for I am as ye are. Ye haue not hurte me at all.