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2 Corinthians 12:6 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" 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. "

2 Corinthians 12:6

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

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

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.

7 By reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted excessively, a thorn in the flesh was given to me: a messenger of Satan to torment me, that I should not be exalted excessively.

8 Concerning this thing, I begged the Lord three times that it might depart from me.

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"For my own sake, for my own sake, I will do it; for how would my name be profaned? I will not give my glory to another."

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1 Corinthians 9:15

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"But I have used none of these things, and I don’t write these things that it may be done so in my case; for I would rather die, than that anyone should make my boasting void."

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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 12:7

"By reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted excessively, a thorn in the flesh was given to me: a messenger of Satan to torment me, that I should not be exalted excessively."

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