Verse 6

For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.

Referenced Verses

  • 2 Cor 11:16 : 16 I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.
  • 2 Cor 11:31 : 31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.
  • 2 Cor 12:7 : 7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
  • 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
  • Job 24:25 : 25 And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
  • Rom 9:1 : 1 I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost,
  • 1 Cor 3:5 : 5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?
  • 1 Cor 3:9-9 : 9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building. 10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
  • 2 Cor 1:18 : 18 But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
  • 2 Cor 5:13 : 13 For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.
  • 2 Cor 10:8-9 : 8 For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed: 9 That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters. 10 For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.