New Testament · SCRIPTURE
2 Corinthians 12:5
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I will boast about such a man, but I will not boast about myself, except in my weaknesses.
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Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.
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On behalf of such a one I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except in my weaknesses.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
On behalf of such a one will I glory: but on mine own behalf I will not glory, save in [my] weaknesses.
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On behalf of such a man I will boast; but on behalf of myself I will not boast, except in the weaknesses.
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
2 Corinthians 12
3 And I know that this man—whether in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows—
4 was caught up to Paradise. The things he heard were inexpressible, things that man is not permitted to tell.
5 I will boast about such a man, but I will not boast about myself, except in my weaknesses.
6 Even if I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me,
7 or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.
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