2 Corinthians 12:11

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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.

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  • 2 Cor 11:5 : 5 Verely I suppose that I was not inferior to the very chiefe Apostles.
  • 2 Cor 11:1 : 1 Woulde to God, yee coulde suffer a litle my foolishnes, & in deede, ye suffer me.
  • 2 Cor 11:16-17 : 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.
  • 2 Cor 12:6 : 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.
  • 2 Cor 12:12 : 12 The signes of an Apostle were wrought among you with all patience, with signes, and wonders, and great workes.
  • Gal 2:6-9 : 6 But by them which seemed to be great, I was not taught (whatsoeuer they were in time passed, I am nothing the better: God accepteth no mans person) for they that are the chiefe, did adde nothing to me aboue that I had. 7 But contrariwise, when they saw that ye Gospel ouer ye vncircumcision was comitted vnto me, as the Gospel ouer ye circumcision was vnto Peter: 8 (For he that was mightie by Peter in the Apostleship ouer the circumcision, was also mightie by me toward the Gentiles) 9 And when Iames, and Cephas, and Iohn, knew of the grace that was giuen vnto me, which are counted to be pillars, they gaue to me and to Barnabas the right hands of felowship, that we should preach vnto the Gentiles, and they vnto the Circumcision, 10 Warning onely that we should remember the poore: which thing also I was diligent to doe. 11 And when Peter was come to Antiochia, I withstood him to his face: for he was to be condemned. 12 For before that certaine came fro Iames, he ate with the Gentiles: but when they were come, he withdrew & separated himselfe, fearing them which were of the Circumcision. 13 And the other Iewes played the hypocrites likewise with him, in so much that Barnabas was led away with them by that their hypocrisie. 14 But when I saw, that they went not ye right way to the trueth of ye Gospel, I sayd vnto Peter before all men, If thou being a Iewe, liuest as the Gentiles, and not like the Iewes, why constrainest thou the Gentiles to doe like the Iewes?
  • Eph 3:8 : 8 Euen vnto me the least of all Saints is this grace giuen, that I should preach among the Gentiles the vnsearchable riches of Christ,
  • Luke 17:10 : 10 So likewise yee, when yee haue done all those things, which are commanded you, say, We are vnprofitable seruants: wee haue done that which was our duetie to doe.
  • 1 Cor 3:4-7 : 4 For when one sayeth, I am Pauls, and another, I am Apollos, are yee not carnall? 5 Who is Paul then? And who is Apollos, but the ministers by whome yee beleeued, and as the Lord gaue to euery man? 6 I haue planted, Apollos watred, but God gaue the increase. 7 So then, neither is hee that planteth any thing, neither hee that watreth, but God that giueth the increase.
  • 1 Cor 3:22 : 22 Whether it be Paul, or Apollos, or Cephas, or the world, or life, or death: whether they be things present, or thinges to come, euen all are yours,
  • 1 Cor 15:8-9 : 8 And last of all he was seene also of me, as of one borne out of due time. 9 For I am the least of the Apostles, which am not meete to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the Church of God. 10 But 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.
  • 2 Cor 1:6 : 6 And whether we be afflicted, it is for your consolation and saluation, which is wrought in the induring of the same sufferings, which we also suffer: or whether we be comforted, it is for your consolation and saluation.

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    5 Verely I suppose that I was not inferior to the very chiefe Apostles.

    6 And though I be rude in speaking, yet I am not so in knowledge, but among you wee haue beene made manifest to the vttermost, in all things.

    7 Haue 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 11:16-18
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    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 12:5-7
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    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.

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    21 I 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.

    22 They are Hebrues, so am I: they are Israelites, so am I: they are the seede of Abraham, so am I:

    23 They are the ministers of Christ (I speake as a foole) I am more: in labours more aboundant: in stripes aboue measure: in prison more plenteously: in death oft.

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    12 The signes of an Apostle were wrought among you with all patience, with signes, and wonders, and great workes.

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

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    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.

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

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

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    12 Be ye as I (for I am euen as you) brethren, I beseech you: ye haue not hurt me at all.

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

  • 1 Cor 15:9-11
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    9 For I am the least of the Apostles, which am not meete to be called an Apostle, because I persecuted the Church of God.

    10 But 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.

    11 Wherefore, whether it were I, or they, so we preach, and so haue ye beleeued.

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    10 We are fooles for Christes sake, and ye are wise in Christ: we are weake, and ye are strong: ye are honourable, and we are despised.

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    8 For 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.

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

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    15 But 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.

    16 For 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.

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    9 And when I was present with you, and had neede, I was not slouthfull to the hinderance of any man: for that which was lacking vnto me, the brethre which came from Macedonia, supplied, and in all thinges I kept and will keepe my selfe, that I should not be grieuous to you.

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

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

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    1 Woulde to God, yee coulde suffer a litle my foolishnes, & in deede, ye suffer me.

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    15 And I will most gladly bestow, and will be bestowed for your soules: though the more I loue you, the lesse I am loued.

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