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2 Corinthians 12:6

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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.

For {G1063} though {G1437} I would desire {G2309} to glory {G2744}, I shall {G2071} not {G3756} be {G2071} a fool {G878}; for {G1063} I will say {G2046} the truth {G225}: but {G1161} now I forbear {G5339}, lest {G3361} any man {G5100} should think {G3049} of {G1519} me {G1691} above {G5228} that which {G3739} he seeth {G991} me {G3165} to be, or {G2228} that he heareth {G191} of {G5100}{G1537} me {G1700}.

If I did want to boast, I would not be foolish; because I would be speaking the truth. But, because of the extraordinary greatness of the revelations, I refrain, so that no one will think more of me than what my words or deeds may warrant.

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,

For if I should desire to glory, I shall not be foolish; for I shall speak the truth: but I forbear, lest any man should account of me above that which he seeth me to be, or heareth from me.

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Cross-References

  • 2 Corinthians 11:16 (5 votes)

    ¶ 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 Corinthians 10:8 (3 votes)

    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:

  • 2 Corinthians 10:10 (3 votes)

    For [his] letters, say they, [are] weighty and powerful; but [his] bodily presence [is] weak, and [his] speech contemptible.

  • 2 Corinthians 12:11 (3 votes)

    ¶ 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.

  • 2 Corinthians 11:31 (3 votes)

    The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.

  • Job 24:25 (2 votes)

    And if [it be] not [so] now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?

  • 2 Corinthians 1:18 (2 votes)

    But [as] God [is] true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.