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2 Corinthians 12:5
2 Corinthians 12:5 is verse 5 of 2 Corinthians chapter 12, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
I will boast about such a man, but I will not boast about myself, except in my weaknesses.
King James Version
Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.
World English Bible
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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2 Corinthians 12:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible
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 too sacred for words, 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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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
2 Corinthians 12:9But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
2 Corinthians 12:10That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
2 Corinthians 11:30If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.