2 Corinthians 11:30

Geneva Bible (1560)

If I must needes reioyce, I will reioyce of mine infirmities.

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  • 1 Cor 2:3 : 3 And I was among you in weakenesse, and in feare, and in much trembling.
  • 2 Cor 12:5-9 : 5 Of such a man will I reioyce: of my selfe will I not reioyce, except it bee of mine infirmities. 6 For though I woulde reioyce, I should not be a foole, for I will say the trueth: but I refraine, lest any man should thinke of me aboue that hee seeth in me, or that he heareth of me. 7 And lest I should be exalted out of measure through the aboundance of reuelations, there was giuen vnto me a pricke in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet mee, because I should not be exalted out of measure. 8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrise, that it might depart from me. 9 And he said vnto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect through weakenesse. Very gladly therefore will I reioyce rather in mine infirmities, that the power of Christ may dwell in me. 10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproches, in necessities, in persecutions, in anguish for Christes sake: for when I am weake, then am I strong. 11 I was a foole to boast my selfe: yee haue compelled mee: for I ought to haue bene commended of you: for in nothing was I inferiour vnto the very chiefe Apostles, though I bee nothing.
  • Col 1:24 : 24 Now reioyce I in my suffrings for you, and fulfill the rest of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh, for his bodies sake, which is the Church,
  • 2 Cor 11:16-18 : 16 I say againe, Let no man thinke that I am foolish, or els take mee euen as a foole, that I also may boast my selfe a litle. 17 That I speake, I speake it not after the Lord: but as it were foolishly, in this my great boasting. 18 Seeing that many reioyce after the flesh, I will reioyce also.
  • 2 Cor 12:1 : 1 It is not expedient for me no doubt to reioyce: for I will come to visions and reuelations of the Lorde.
  • Prov 25:27 : 27 It is not good to eate much hony: so to search their owne glory is not glory.
  • Prov 27:2 : 2 Let another man prayse thee, and not thine owne mouth: a stranger, and not thine owne lips.
  • Jer 9:23-24 : 23 Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisedome, nor the strong man glorie in his strength, neyther the riche man glorie in his riches. 24 But let him that glorieth, glorie in this, that he vnderstandeth, and knoweth me: for I am the Lorde, which shewe mercie, iudgement, and righteousnes in the earth: for in these things I delite, sayth the Lord.

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  • 2 Cor 12:5-11
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    5Of such a man will I reioyce: of my selfe will I not reioyce, except it bee of mine infirmities.

    6For though I woulde reioyce, I should not be a foole, for I will say the trueth: but I refraine, lest any man should thinke of me aboue that hee seeth in me, or that he heareth of me.

    7And lest I should be exalted out of measure through the aboundance of reuelations, there was giuen vnto me a pricke in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet mee, because I should not be exalted out of measure.

    8For this thing I besought the Lord thrise, that it might depart from me.

    9And he said vnto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect through weakenesse. Very gladly therefore will I reioyce rather in mine infirmities, that the power of Christ may dwell in me.

    10Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproches, in necessities, in persecutions, in anguish for Christes sake: for when I am weake, then am I strong.

    11I was a foole to boast my selfe: yee haue compelled mee: for I ought to haue bene commended of you: for in nothing was I inferiour vnto the very chiefe Apostles, though I bee nothing.

  • 2 Cor 11:29
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    29Who is weake, and I am not weake? who is offended, and I burne not?

  • 2 Cor 11:16-18
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    16I say againe, Let no man thinke that I am foolish, or els take mee euen as a foole, that I also may boast my selfe a litle.

    17That I speake, I speake it not after the Lord: but as it were foolishly, in this my great boasting.

    18Seeing that many reioyce after the flesh, I will reioyce also.

  • Rom 15:17-18
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    17I haue therefore whereof I may reioyce in Christ Iesus in those things which pertaine to God.

    18For I dare not speake of any thing, which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient in worde and deede,

  • 2 Cor 12:1
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    1It is not expedient for me no doubt to reioyce: for I will come to visions and reuelations of the Lorde.

  • 2 Cor 10:16-17
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    16And to preache the Gospel in those regions which are beyonde you: not to reioyce in another mans line, that is, in the thinges that are prepared alreadie.

    17But let him that reioyceth, reioyce in the Lorde.

  • 1 Cor 9:15-16
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    15But I haue vsed none of these things: neither wrote I these things, that it should be so done vnto me: for it were better for me to die, then that any man should make my reioycing vaine.

    16For though I preach the Gospel, I haue nothing to reioyce of: for necessitie is laid vpon me, and woe is vnto me, if I preach not the Gospel.

  • 1 Cor 1:31
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    31That, according as it is written, Hee that reioyceth, let him reioyce in the Lord.

  • 2 Cor 11:10
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    10The trueth of Christ is in me, that this reioycing shall not be shut vp against me in the regions of Achaia.

  • 2 Cor 11:21
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    21I speake as concerning the reproche: as though that we had bene weake: but wherein any ma is bold (I speake foolishly) I am bold also.

  • Eph 3:13
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    13Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for your sakes, which is your glory.

  • 2 Cor 10:8-9
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    8For though I shoulde boast somewhat more of our authoritie, which the Lorde hath giuen vs for edification, and not for your destruction, I should haue no shame.

    9This I say, that I may not seeme as it were to feare you with letters.

  • 2 Cor 11:5
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    5Verely I suppose that I was not inferior to the very chiefe Apostles.

  • 2 Cor 11:12
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    12But what I doe, that will I doe: that I may cut away occasion from them which desire occasion, that they might be found like vnto vs in that wherein they reioyce.

  • 2 Cor 11:31
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    31The God, euen the Father of our Lorde Iesus Christ, which is blessed for euermore, knoweth that I lie not.

  • Gal 6:14
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    14But God forbid that I should reioyce, but in ye crosse of our Lord Iesus Christ, whereby the world is crucified vnto me, & I vnto ye world.

  • 2 Cor 7:14
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    14For if that I haue boasted any thing to him of you, I haue not bene ashamed: but as I haue spoken vnto you all things in trueth, euen so our boasting vnto Titus was true.

  • 2 Cor 12:13
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    13For what is it, wherein yee were inferiours vnto other Churches, except that I haue not bene slouthfull to your hinderance? forgiue me this wrong.

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

  • 2 Cor 7:4
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    4I vse great boldnesse of speach toward you: I reioyce greatly in you: I am filled with comfort, and am exceeding ioyous in all our tribulation.

  • Phil 1:30
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    30Hauing the same fight, which ye sawe in me, and nowe heare to be in me.

  • 2 Cor 10:1-2
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    1Nowe I Paul my selfe beseech you by the meekenes, and gentlenes of Christ, which when I am present among you am base, but am bolde toward you being absent:

    2And this I require you, that I neede not to be bolde when I am present, with that same confidence, wherewith I thinke to bee bolde against some, which esteeme vs as though wee walked according to the flesh.

  • 2 Cor 13:3
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    3Seeing that ye seeke experience of Christ, that speaketh in mee, which towarde you is not weake, but is mightie in you.

  • Gal 4:13
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    13And ye know, how through infirmitie of the flesh, I preached ye Gospel vnto you at the first.

  • 1 Cor 1:29
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    29That no flesh shoulde reioyce in his presence.

  • Rom 15:1
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    1We which are strong, ought to beare the infirmities of the weake, & not to please our selues.

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

  • Rom 3:7
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    7For if the veritie of God hath more abounded through my lye vnto his glorie, why am I yet condemned as a sinner?

  • 1 Cor 15:10
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    10But by the grace of God, I am that I am: and his grace which is in me, was not in vaine: but I laboured more aboundantly then they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which is with me.

  • Rom 11:13
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    13For in that I speake to you Gentiles, in as much as I am the Apostle of ye Gentiles, I magnifie mine office,

  • Gal 1:24
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    24And they glorified God for me.

  • 2 Cor 11:1
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    1Woulde to God, yee coulde suffer a litle my foolishnes, & in deede, ye suffer me.

  • 1 Cor 10:30
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    30For if I through Gods benefite be partaker, why am I euill spoken of, for that wherefore I giue thankes?

  • 2 Cor 11:7
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    7Haue I committed an offence, because I abased my selfe, that ye might be exalted, and because I preached to you ye Gospell of God freely?

  • 2 Cor 13:9-10
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    9For we are glad when wee are weake, and that ye are strong: this also we wish for, euen your perfection.

    10Therefore write I these thinges being absent, least when I am present, I should vse sharpenesse, according to the power which the Lorde hath giuen mee, to edification, and not to destruction.

  • 1 Cor 9:3
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    3My defence to them that examine mee, is this,