2 Corinthians 12:5

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On behalf of such an individual I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except about my weaknesses.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Cor 2:3 : 3 And I was with you in weakness and in fear and with much trembling.
  • 2 Cor 11:30 : 30 If I must boast, I will boast about the things that show my weakness.
  • 2 Cor 12:9-9 : 9 But he said to me,“My grace is enough for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” So then, I will boast most gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in me. 10 Therefore I am content with weaknesses, with insults, with troubles, with persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.

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  • 2 Cor 11:29-30
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    29Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with indignation?

    30If I must boast, I will boast about the things that show my weakness.

  • 2 Cor 12:6-11
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    6For even if I wish to boast, I will not be a fool, for I would be telling the truth, but I refrain from this so that no one may regard me beyond what he sees in me or what he hears from me,

    7even because of the extraordinary character of the revelations. Therefore, so that I would not become arrogant, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to trouble me– so that I would not become arrogant.

    8I asked the Lord three times about this, that it would depart from me.

    9But he said to me,“My grace is enough for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” So then, I will boast most gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in me.

    10Therefore I am content with weaknesses, with insults, with troubles, with persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.

    11The Signs of an Apostle I have become a fool. You yourselves forced me to do it, for I should have been commended by you. For I lack nothing in comparison to those“super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

  • 2 Cor 12:1-4
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    1Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh It is necessary to go on boasting. Though it is not profitable, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.

    2I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago(whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows) was caught up to the third heaven.

    3And I know that this man(whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, God knows)

    4was caught up into paradise and heard things too sacred to be put into words, things that a person is not permitted to speak.

  • 2 Cor 11:16-18
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    16Paul’s Sufferings for Christ I say again, let no one think that I am a fool. But if you do, then at least accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

    17What I am saying with this boastful confidence I do not say the way the Lord would. Instead it is, as it were, foolishness.

    18Since many are boasting according to human standards, I too will boast.

  • Rom 15:17-18
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    17So I boast in Christ Jesus about the things that pertain to God.

    18For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in order to bring about the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

  • 2 Cor 10:16-18
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    16so that we may preach the gospel in the regions that lie beyond you, and not boast of work already done in another person’s area.

    17But the one who boasts must boast in the Lord.

    18For it is not the person who commends himself who is approved, but the person the Lord commends.

  • 2 Cor 5:12
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    12We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to be proud of us, so that you may be able to answer those who take pride in outward appearance and not in what is in the heart.

  • 2 Cor 11:5
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    5For I consider myself not at all inferior to those“super-apostles.”

  • 2 Cor 11:10
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    10As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia.

  • Eph 3:13
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    13For this reason I ask you not to lose heart because of what I am suffering for you, which is your glory.

  • 1 Cor 9:15
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    15But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing these things so that something will be done for me. In fact, it would be better for me to die than– no one will deprive me of my reason for boasting!

  • 1 Cor 1:31
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    31so that, as it is written,“Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

  • 2 Cor 10:8
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    8For if I boast somewhat more about our authority that the Lord gave us for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed of doing so.

  • Gal 6:14
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    14But may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

  • 2 Cor 11:21
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    21(To my disgrace I must say that we were too weak for that!) But whatever anyone else dares to boast about(I am speaking foolishly), I also dare to boast about the same thing.

  • 2 Cor 12:13
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    13For how were you treated worse than the other churches, except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this injustice!

  • 2 Cor 11:12
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    12And what I am doing I will continue to do, so that I may eliminate any opportunity for those who want a chance to be regarded as our equals in the things they boast about.

  • 2 Cor 7:4
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    4A Letter That Caused Sadness I have great confidence in you; I take great pride on your behalf. I am filled with encouragement; I am overflowing with joy in the midst of all our suffering.

  • 1 Cor 1:29
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    29so that no one can boast in his presence.

  • 1 Cor 15:10
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    10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me has not been in vain. In fact, I worked harder than all of them– yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

  • 2 Cor 13:3-4
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    3since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak toward you but is powerful among you.

    4For indeed he was crucified by reason of weakness, but he lives because of God’s power. For we also are weak in him, but we will live together with him, because of God’s power toward you.

  • Gal 4:13
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    13Personal Appeal of Paul But you know it was because of a physical illness that I first proclaimed the gospel to you,

  • 2 Cor 10:12-13
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    12Paul’s Mission For we would not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who recommend themselves. But when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are without understanding.

    13But we will not boast beyond certain limits, but will confine our boasting according to the limits of the work to which God has appointed us, that reaches even as far as you.

  • Phil 3:4
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    4– though mine too are significant. If someone thinks he has good reasons to put confidence in human credentials, I have more:

  • Gal 1:24
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    24So they glorified God because of me.

  • Rom 15:1
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    1Exhortation for the Strong to Help the Weak But we who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak, and not just please ourselves.

  • Phil 1:30
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    30since you are encountering the same conflict that you saw me face and now hear that I am facing.

  • 2 Cor 4:7
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    7An Eternal Weight of Glory But we have this treasure in clay jars, so that the extraordinary power belongs to God and does not come from us.

  • 2 Cor 10:2
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    2now I ask that when I am present I may not have to be bold with the confidence that(I expect) I will dare to use against some who consider us to be behaving according to human standards.

  • 2 Cor 7:14
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    14For if I have boasted to him about anything concerning you, I have not been embarrassed by you, but just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus about you has proved true as well.

  • 1 Cor 4:6
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    6I have applied these things to myself and Apollos because of you, brothers and sisters, so that through us you may learn“not to go beyond what is written,” so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of the one against the other.

  • 2 Cor 3:5
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    5Not that we are adequate in ourselves to consider anything as if it were coming from ourselves, but our adequacy is from God,

  • 1 Cor 4:10
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    10We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, we are dishonored!

  • 2 Cor 11:1
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    1Paul and His Opponents I wish that you would be patient with me in a little foolishness, but indeed you are being patient with me!