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2 Corinthians 12:13 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" For what is there in which you were made inferior to the rest of the assemblies, unless it is that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong! "

2 Corinthians 12:13

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11 I have become foolish in boasting. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for I am in no way inferior to the very best apostles, though I am nothing.

12 Truly the signs of an apostle were worked among you in all perseverance, in signs and wonders and mighty works.

13 For what is there in which you were made inferior to the rest of the assemblies, unless it is that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!

14 Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you, and I will not be a burden to you; for I seek not your possessions, but you. For the children ought not to save up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

15 I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I loved the less?

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"“For, behold, I have made you small among the nations, and despised among men."

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2 Corinthians 12:1

"It is doubtless not profitable for me to boast, but I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord."

2 Corinthians 12:2

"I know a man in Christ who was caught up into the third heaven fourteen years ago—whether in the body, I don’t know, or whether out of the body, I don’t know; God knows."

2 Corinthians 12:3

"I know such a man (whether in the body, or outside of the body, I don’t know; God knows),"

2 Corinthians 12:4

"how he was caught up into Paradise and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter."

2 Corinthians 12:5

"On behalf of such a one I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except in my weaknesses."

2 Corinthians 12:6

"For if I would desire to boast, I will not be foolish; for I will speak the truth. But I refrain, so that no man may think more of me than that which he sees in me or hears from me."

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