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World English Bible

2 Corinthians 12 (WEBP)

[1] It is doubtless not profitable for me to boast, but I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
[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.
[3] I know such a man (whether in the body, or outside of the body, I don’t know; God knows),
[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.
[9] He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.
[10] Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, and in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.
[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?
[16] Even so, I myself didn’t burden you. But you might say that being crafty, I caught you with deception.
[17] Did I take advantage of you by anyone of those whom I have sent to you?
[18] I exhorted Titus, and I sent the brother with him. Did Titus take any advantage of you? Didn’t we walk in the same spirit? Didn’t we walk in the same steps?
[19] Again, do you think that we are excusing ourselves to you? In the sight of God we speak in Christ. But all things, beloved, are for your edifying.
[20] For I am afraid that perhaps when I come, I might find you not the way I want to, and that I might be found by you as you don’t desire, that perhaps there would be strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, whisperings, proud thoughts, or riots,
[21] that again when I come my God would humble me before you, and I would mourn for many of those who have sinned before now, and not repented of the uncleanness, sexual immorality, and lustfulness which they committed.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

2 Corinthians 12 (KJVS)

[1] It is not expedient () for me doubtless to glory. () I will come () to visions and revelations of the Lord.
[2] I knew () a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; () or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: () God knoweth;) () such an one caught up () to the third heaven.
[3] And I knew () such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: () God knoweth;) ()
[4] how that he was caught up () into paradise, and heard () unspeakable words, which it is not lawful () for a man to utter. ()
[5] Of such an one will I glory: () yet of myself I will not glory, () but in mine infirmities.
[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.
[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. ()
[8] For this thing I besought () the Lord thrice, that it might depart () from me.
[9] And he said () unto me, My grace is sufficient () for thee: for my strength is made perfect () in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory () in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest () upon me.
[10] Therefore I take pleasure () in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, () then am () I strong.
[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.
[12] Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought () among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.
[13] For what is it () wherein ye were inferior () to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome () to you? forgive () me this wrong.
[14] Behold, () the third time I am () ready to come () to you; and I will not be burdensome () to you: for I seek () not your’s, but you: for the children ought () not to lay up () for the parents, but the parents for the children.
[15] And I will very gladly spend () and be spent () for you; though the more abundantly I love () you, the less I be loved. ()
[16] But be it so, () I did not burden () you: nevertheless, being () crafty, I caught () you with guile.
[17] Did I make a gain () of you by any of them whom I sent () unto you?
[18] I desired () Titus, and with him I sent () a brother. Did Titus make a gain () of you? walked we () not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?
[19] Again, think ye () that we excuse ourselves () unto you? we speak () before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.
[20] For I fear, () lest, when I come, () I shall not find () you such as I would, () and that I shall be found () unto you such as ye would () not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
[21] and lest, when I come () again, my God will humble () me among you, and that I shall bewail () many which have sinned already, () and have not repented () of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed. ()

2 Corinthians 12:4 Or, possible
2 Corinthians 12:15 Gr. your souls

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

2 Corinthians 12 (BYZ)

[1] Καυχᾶσθαι () δὴ () οὐ () συμφέρει () μοι· () ἐλεύσομαι () γὰρ () εἰς () ὀπτασίας () καὶ () ἀποκαλύψεις () κυρίου. ()
[2] Οἶδα () ἄνθρωπον () ἐν () χριστῷ () πρὸ () ἐτῶν () δεκατεσσάρων— () εἴτε () ἐν () σώματι () οὐκ () οἶδα· () εἴτε () ἐκτὸς () τοῦ () σώματος () οὐκ () οἶδα· () () θεὸς () οἶδεν— () ἁρπαγέντα () τὸν () τοιοῦτον () ἕως () τρίτου () οὐρανοῦ. ()
[3] Καὶ () οἶδα () τὸν () τοιοῦτον () ἄνθρωπον— () εἴτε () ἐν () σώματι, () εἴτε () ἐκτὸς () τοῦ () σώματος, () οὐκ () οἶδα· () () θεὸς () οἶδεν— ()
[4] ὅτι () ἡρπάγη () εἰς () τὸν () παράδεισον, () καὶ () ἤκουσεν () ἄρρητα () ῥήματα, () () οὐκ () ἐξὸν () ἀνθρώπῳ () λαλῆσαι. ()
[5] Ὑπὲρ () τοῦ () τοιούτου () καυχήσομαι· () ὑπὲρ () δὲ () ἐμαυτοῦ () οὐ () καυχήσομαι, () εἰ () μὴ () ἐν () ταῖς () ἀσθενείαις () μου· ()
[6] ἐὰν () γὰρ () θελήσω () καυχήσασθαι, () οὐκ () ἔσομαι () ἄφρων· () ἀλήθειαν () γὰρ () ἐρῶ· () φείδομαι () δέ, () μή () τις () εἰς () ἐμὲ () λογίσηται () ὑπὲρ () () βλέπει () με, () () ἀκούει () τι () ἐξ () ἐμοῦ. ()
[7] Καὶ () τῇ () ὑπερβολῇ () τῶν () ἀποκαλύψεων () ἵνα () μὴ () ὑπεραίρωμαι, () ἐδόθη () μοι () σκόλοψ () τῇ () σαρκί, () ἄγγελος () Σατᾶν, () ἵνα () με () κολαφίζῃ, () ἵνα () μὴ () ὑπεραίρωμαι. ()
[8] Ὑπὲρ () τούτου () τρὶς () τὸν () κύριον () παρεκάλεσα () ἵνα () ἀποστῇ () ἀπ’ () ἐμοῦ. ()
[9] Καὶ () εἴρηκέν () μοι, () Ἀρκεῖ () σοι () () χάρις () μου· () () γὰρ () δύναμίς () μου () ἐν () ἀσθενείᾳ () τελειοῦται. () Ἥδιστα () οὖν () μᾶλλον () καυχήσομαι () ἐν () ταῖς () ἀσθενείαις () μου, () ἵνα () ἐπισκηνώσῃ () ἐπ’ () ἐμὲ () () δύναμις () τοῦ () χριστοῦ. ()
[10] Διὸ () εὐδοκῶ () ἐν () ἀσθενείαις, () ἐν () ὕβρεσιν, () ἐν () ἀνάγκαις, () ἐν () διωγμοῖς, () ἐν () στενοχωρίαις, () ὑπὲρ () χριστοῦ· () ὅταν () γὰρ () ἀσθενῶ, () τότε () δυνατός () εἰμι. ()
[11] Γέγονα () ἄφρων () καυχώμενος· () ὑμεῖς () με () ἠναγκάσατε· () ἐγὼ () γὰρ () ὤφειλον () ὑφ’ () ὑμῶν () συνίστασθαι· () οὐδὲν () γὰρ () ὑστέρησα () τῶν () ὑπὲρ () λίαν () ἀποστόλων, () εἰ () καὶ () οὐδέν () εἰμι. ()
[12] Τὰ () μὲν () σημεῖα () τοῦ () ἀποστόλου () κατειργάσθη () ἐν () ὑμῖν () ἐν () πάσῃ () ὑπομονῇ, () ἐν () σημείοις () καὶ () τέρασιν () καὶ () δυνάμεσιν. ()
[13] Τί () γάρ () ἐστιν () () ἡττήθητε () ὑπὲρ () τὰς () λοιπὰς () ἐκκλησίας, () εἰ () μὴ () ὅτι () αὐτὸς () ἐγὼ () οὐ () κατενάρκησα () ὑμῶν; () Χαρίσασθέ () μοι () τὴν () ἀδικίαν () ταύτην. ()
[14] Ἰδού, () τρίτον () ἑτοίμως () ἔχω () ἐλθεῖν () πρὸς () ὑμᾶς, () καὶ () οὐ () καταναρκήσω () ὑμῶν· () οὐ () γὰρ () ζητῶ () τὰ () ὑμῶν, () ἀλλὰ () ὑμᾶς· () οὐ () γὰρ () ὀφείλει () τὰ () τέκνα () τοῖς () γονεῦσιν () θησαυρίζειν, () ἀλλ’ () οἱ () γονεῖς () τοῖς () τέκνοις. ()
[15] Ἐγὼ () δὲ () ἥδιστα () δαπανήσω () καὶ () ἐκδαπανηθήσομαι () ὑπὲρ () τῶν () ψυχῶν () ὑμῶν, () εἰ () καὶ () περισσοτέρως () ὑμᾶς () ἀγαπῶν, () ἧττον () ἀγαπῶμαι. ()
[16] Ἔστω () δέ, () ἐγὼ () οὐ () κατεβάρησα () ὑμᾶς· () ἀλλ’ () ὑπάρχων () πανοῦργος, () δόλῳ () ὑμᾶς () ἔλαβον. ()
[17] Μή () τινα () ὧν () ἀπέσταλκα () πρὸς () ὑμᾶς, () δι’ () αὐτοῦ () ἐπλεονέκτησα () ὑμᾶς; ()
[18] Παρεκάλεσα () Τίτον, () καὶ () συναπέστειλα () τὸν () ἀδελφόν· () μήτι () ἐπλεονέκτησεν () ὑμᾶς () Τίτος; () Οὐ () τῷ () αὐτῷ () πνεύματι () περιεπατήσαμεν; () Οὐ () τοῖς () αὐτοῖς () ἴχνεσιν; ()
[19] Πάλιν () δοκεῖτε () ὅτι () ὑμῖν () ἀπολογούμεθα; () Κατενώπιον () τοῦ () θεοῦ () ἐν () χριστῷ () λαλοῦμεν· () τὰ () δὲ () πάντα, () ἀγαπητοί, () ὑπὲρ () τῆς () ὑμῶν () οἰκοδομῆς. ()
[20] Φοβοῦμαι () γάρ, () μήπως () ἐλθὼν () οὐχ () οἵους () θέλω () εὕρω () ὑμᾶς, () κἀγὼ () εὑρεθῶ () ὑμῖν () οἷον () οὐ () θέλετε· () μήπως () ἔρεις, () ζῆλοι, () θυμοί, () ἐριθεῖαι, () καταλαλιαί, () ψιθυρισμοί, () φυσιώσεις, () ἀκαταστασίαι· ()
[21] μὴ () πάλιν () ἐλθόντα () με () ταπεινώσει () () θεός () μου () πρὸς () ὑμᾶς, () καὶ () πενθήσω () πολλοὺς () τῶν () προημαρτηκότων, () καὶ () μὴ () μετανοησάντων () ἐπὶ () τῇ () ἀκαθαρσίᾳ () καὶ () πορνείᾳ () καὶ () ἀσελγείᾳ () () ἔπραξαν. ()

2 Corinthians 12:1a δὴ οὐ συμφέρει μοι ¦ CT δεῖ οὐ συμφέρον μέν
2 Corinthians 12:1b γὰρ ¦ CT δὲ
2 Corinthians 12:3a ἐκτὸς ¦ NA SBL WH χωρὶς
2 Corinthians 12:3b οὐκ οἶδα ¦ [WH]
2 Corinthians 12:5 μου ¦ CT om.
2 Corinthians 12:6 τι ¦ [NA] ¦ WH om.
2 Corinthians 12:7a ἵνα ¦ CT διὸ ἵνα
2 Corinthians 12:7b Σατᾶν ¦ CT Σατανᾶ
2 Corinthians 12:9a μου ¦ CT om.
2 Corinthians 12:9b τελειοῦται ¦ CT τελεῖται
2 Corinthians 12:9c μου ¦ WH om.
2 Corinthians 12:10 ἐν ¦ CT καὶ
2 Corinthians 12:11 καυχώμενος ¦ CT om.
2 Corinthians 12:12 ἐν σημείοις ¦ TH σημείοις ¦ NA SBL σημείοις τε ¦ WH σημείοις [τε]
2 Corinthians 12:13 ἡττήθητε ¦ CT ἡσσώθητε
2 Corinthians 12:14a τρίτον ¦ CT τρίτον τοῦτο
2 Corinthians 12:14b ὑμῶν ¦ CT om.
2 Corinthians 12:14c ἀλλὰ ¦ NA28 PCK TR ἀλλ
2 Corinthians 12:14d ἀλλ ¦ NA27 SBL TH WH ἀλλὰ
2 Corinthians 12:15a καὶ ¦ CT om.
2 Corinthians 12:15b ἀγαπῶν ¦ NA αγαπω[ν] ¦ WH ἀγαπῶ
2 Corinthians 12:15c ἧττον ¦ CT ἧσσον
2 Corinthians 12:16 ἀλλ ¦ NA27 SBL TH WH ἀλλὰ
2 Corinthians 12:19a Πάλιν ¦ CT Πάλαι
2 Corinthians 12:19b Κατενώπιον τοῦ ¦ CT Κατέναντι
2 Corinthians 12:20a ἔρεις ¦ NA PCK SBL WH ἔρις
2 Corinthians 12:20b ζῆλοι ¦ CT ζῆλος
2 Corinthians 12:20c ἐριθεῖαι ¦ WH ἐριθῖαι
2 Corinthians 12:21 ἐλθόντα με ταπεινώσει ¦ PCK PT RPmg TR ἐλθόντα με ταπεινώσῃ ¦ TH ἐλθόντος μου ταπεινώσει με ¦ NA SBL WH ἐλθόντος μου ταπεινώσῃ με

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