2 Corinthians 12:6 - The Scriptures 2009

⁶ For if I shall wish to boast, I shall not be a fool, for I shall speak the truth. But I refrain, lest anyone should think more of me than what he sees in me, or hears of me.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ Should I desire to boast, I shall not be a witless braggart, for I shall be speaking the truth. But I abstain [from it] so that no one may form a higher estimate of me than [is justified by] what he sees in me or hears from me.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ 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.

Common English Bible

⁶ If I did want to brag, I wouldn’t make a fool of myself because I’d tell the truth. I’m holding back from bragging so that no one will give me any more credit than what anyone sees or hears about me.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ For even though I am willing to glory, I will not be foolish. But I will speak the truth. Yet I will do so sparingly, lest anyone may consider me to be anything more than what he sees in me, or anything more than what he hears from me.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ For though I should have a mind to glory, I shall not be foolish; for I will say the truth. But I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth in me, or any thing he heareth from me.

2 Corinthians 12:6 Cross References

Job 24:25

And if it is not so, who does prove me a liar, and make my word worthless?”

Romans 9:1

I speak the truth in Messiah, I do not lie, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Set-apart Spirit,

1 Corinthians 3:5

What then is Apollos, and what is Sha’ul, but servants through whom you believed, as the Master assigned to each?

2 Corinthians 1:18

But Elohim is trustworthy, that our word to you was not Yes and No.

2 Corinthians 11:16

Again I say, let no one think me to be a fool. And if otherwise, at least receive me as a fool, for me to also boast a little.

2 Corinthians 11:31

The Elohim and Father of our Master יהושע Messiah, who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have become a fool – you have compelled me. For I should have been commended by you, for in no respect was I behind the most eminent emissaries, though I am a nobody.

2 Corinthians 12:7

And to keep me from exalting myself because of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to hit me, to keep me from exalting myself.

2 Corinthians 5:13

For whether we are beside ourselves, it was for Elohim, or whether we are of sound mind, it is for you.

2 Corinthians 7:14

Because if I have boasted somewhat about you to him, I am not ashamed. But as we spoke to you in all truth, even so our boasting to Titos was found true.