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2 Corinthians 12:1

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Boasting is necessary. It is not profitable, but I will move on to visions  and revelations  of the Lord.

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For I did not receive it from a human source and I was not taught it, but it came by a revelation  of Jesus Christ.


And we know that the Son of God has come  and has given us understanding so that we may know the true one.  We are in the true one #– #that is, in his Son, Jesus Christ.  He is the true God and eternal life.


especially because of the extraordinary revelations. Therefore, so that I would not exalt myself, a thorn in the flesh  was given to me, a messenger of Satan  to torment me so that I would not exalt myself.


I went up according to a revelation  and presented to them the gospel I preach among the Gentiles, but did so privately to those recognised as leaders. I wanted to be sure I was not running, and had not been running, in vain.


I have been a fool; you forced it on me. You ought to have commended me, since I am not in any way inferior to those ‘super-apostles’, even though I am nothing.


And in this matter I am giving advice because it is profitable for you, who began last year not only to do something but also to want to do it.


‘Everything is permissible’,  but not everything is beneficial. ‘Everything is permissible’,  but not everything builds up.


The following night, the Lord stood by him and said, ‘Have courage! For as you have testified about me in Jerusalem, so it is necessary for you to testify in Rome.’


The Lord said to Paul in a night vision, ‘Don’t be afraid, but keep on speaking and don’t be silent.


Nevertheless, I am telling you the truth.   It is for your benefit that I go away, because if I don’t go away the Counsellor will not come to you. If I go, I will send him to you.


The Spirit lifted me up  and brought me to Chaldea and to the exiles in a vision from the Spirit of God. After the vision I had seen left me,


he said: ‘Listen to what I say: If there is a prophet among you from the  Lord, I make myself known to him in a vision; I speak with him in a dream.


‘Everything is permissible  for me,’ but not everything is beneficial. ‘Everything is permissible for me,’ but I will not be mastered by anything.


Caiaphas was the one who had advised the Jews that it would be better for one man to die for the people.


The mystery was made known to me by revelation,  as I have briefly written above.


So now, brothers and sisters, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you unless I speak to you with a revelation  or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?


I will boast about this person, but not about myself, except of my weaknesses.


But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power   is perfected in weakness.’ Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me.


For we say this to you by a word from the Lord:  We who are still alive at the Lord’s coming  will certainly not precede those who have fallen asleep.





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