2 Corinthians 12:6

Geneva Bible (1560)

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.

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  • 2 Cor 11:16 : 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.
  • 2 Cor 11:31 : 31 The God, euen the Father of our Lorde Iesus Christ, which is blessed for euermore, knoweth that I lie not.
  • 2 Cor 12:7 : 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.
  • 2 Cor 12:11 : 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.
  • Job 24:25 : 25 But if it be not so, where is he? or who wil proue me a lyer, & make my words of no value?
  • Rom 9:1 : 1 I say the trueth in Christ, I lye not, my conscience bearing mee witnes in the holy Ghost,
  • 1 Cor 3:5 : 5 Who is Paul then? And who is Apollos, but the ministers by whome yee beleeued, and as the Lord gaue to euery man?
  • 1 Cor 3:9-9 : 9 For we together are Gods labourers: yee are Gods husbandrie, and Gods building. 10 According to the grace of God giuen to mee, as a skilfull master builder, I haue laide the foundation, & another buildeth thereon: but let euery man take heede how he buildeth vpon it.
  • 2 Cor 1:18 : 18 Yea, God is faithfull, that our worde towarde you was not Yea, and Nay.
  • 2 Cor 5:13 : 13 For whether we be out of our wit, we are it to God: or whether we be in our right minde, we are it vnto you.
  • 2 Cor 10:8-9 : 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. 10 For the letters, sayeth hee, are sore and strong, but his bodily presence is weake, and his speache is of no value.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 2 Cor 12:1-5
    5 verses
    85%

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

    2I know a man in Christ aboue fourteene yeeres agone, (whether he were in the body, I can not tell, or out of the body, I can not tell: God knoweth) which was taken vp into the thirde heauen.

    3And I knowe such a man (whether in the body, or out of the body, I can not tell: God knoweth)

    4How that he was taken vp into Paradise, and heard words which cannot be spoken, which are not possible for man to vtter.

    5Of such a man will I reioyce: of my selfe will I not reioyce, except it bee of mine infirmities.

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

    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.

  • 2 Cor 11:30
    81%

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

  • 2 Cor 12:7-11
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    80%

    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 11:9-10
    2 verses
    78%

    9And 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.

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

  • 2 Cor 10:8-9
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    77%

    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.

  • 1 Cor 9:15
    77%

    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.

  • 2 Cor 11:12
    76%

    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 11:5-6
    2 verses
    76%

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

    6And 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.

  • 2 Cor 5:12
    76%

    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.

  • 1 Cor 4:6
    76%

    6Nowe these things, brethren, I haue figuratiuely applied vnto mine owne selfe and Apollos, for your sakes, that ye might learne by vs, that no man presume aboue that which is written, that one swell not against another for any mans cause.

  • Rom 15:17-18
    2 verses
    75%

    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,

  • Gal 6:12-14
    3 verses
    74%

    12As many as desire to make a faire shewe in the flesh, they constraine you to be circumcised, onely because they would not suffer persecution for the crosse of Christ.

    13For they themselues which are circumcised keepe not the law, but desire to haue you circumcised, that they might reioyce in your flesh.

    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 12:13
    74%

    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 7:14
    74%

    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 10:16-17
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

  • Gal 6:3
    74%

    3For if any man seeme to himselfe, that he is somewhat, when he is nothing, hee deceiueth himselfe in his imagination.

  • Rom 3:7
    74%

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

  • 1 Thess 2:6
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    6Neither sought we prayse of men, neither of you, nor of others, when we might haue bene chargeable, as the Apostles of Christ.

  • 2 Cor 10:2
    74%

    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 10:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12For wee dare not make our selues of the nomber, or to compare our selues to them, which praise themselues: but they vnderstand not that they measure themselues with themselues, and compare themselues with themselues.

    13But we wil not reioyce of things, which are not within our measure, but according to the measure of the line, whereof God hath distributed vnto vs a measure to attaine euen vnto you.

  • 2 Cor 11:21
    73%

    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.

  • 2 Cor 11:1
    73%

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

  • 2 Cor 9:3-4
    2 verses
    72%

    3Nowe haue I sent the brethren, lest our reioycing ouer you shoulde bee in vaine in this behalfe, that yee (as I haue sayde) be readie:

    4Lest if they of Macedonia come with me, and finde you vnprepared, we (that wee may not say, you) should be ashamed in this my constant boasting.

  • Phil 3:4
    72%

    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,

  • 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 6:3
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    3We giue no occasion of offence in any thing, that our ministerie shoulde not be reprehended.

  • 1 Cor 4:3
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    3As touching me, I passe very litle to be iudged of you, or of mans iudgement: no, I iudge not mine owne selfe.

  • Rom 9:1
    71%

    1I say the trueth in Christ, I lye not, my conscience bearing mee witnes in the holy Ghost,

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

  • Gal 4:12
    71%

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