2 Corinthians 12:6 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

For if I want to boast, I wouldn’t be a fool, because I would be telling the truth.  But I will spare you, so that no one can credit me with something beyond what he sees in me or hears from me,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

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)

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

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

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

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 Tagairtí Cros

Job 24:25

If this is not true, then who can prove me a liar and show that my speech is worthless?

Romans 9:1

I speak the truth in Christ   #– #I am not lying; my conscience testifies to me through the Holy Spirit   #– #

1 Corinthians 3:5

What then is Apollos? What is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, and each has the role the Lord has given.

2 Corinthians 1:18

As God is faithful,  our message to you is not ‘Yes and no’.

2 Corinthians 11:16

I repeat: Let no one consider me a fool. But if you do, at least accept me as a fool so that I can also boast a little.

2 Corinthians 11:31

The God and Father  of the Lord Jesus, who is blessed for ever, knows I am not lying.

2 Corinthians 12:11

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.

2 Corinthians 12:7

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.

2 Corinthians 5:13

For if we are out of our mind,  it is for God; if we are in our right mind,  it is for you.

2 Corinthians 7:14

For if I have made any boast to him about you, I have not been disappointed; but as I have spoken everything to you in truth,  so our boasting to Titus has also turned out to be the truth.