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2 Corinthians 12 5-2 Corinthians 12 11
Of such a one I will boast; yet of myself I will not boast, except in my infirmities.For though I might desire to boast, I will not be a fool; for I will speak the truth. But I refrain, lest anyone should think of me above what he sees me to be or hears from me.And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure.Concerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me.And He said to me,“ My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly I will rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong.I have become a fool in boasting; you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you; for in nothing was I behind the most eminent apostles, though I am nothing.
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2 Corinthians 12 1
It is doubtless not profitable for me to boast. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord:
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Proverbs 25:27
It is not good to eat much honey; So to seek one’s own glory is not glory.
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1 Corinthians 2 3
I was with you in weakness, in fear, and in much trembling.
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Jeremiah 9:23-24
Thus says the Lord:“ Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, Let not the mighty man glory in his might, Nor let the rich man glory in his riches;But let him who glories glory in this, That he understands and knows Me, That I am the Lord, exercising lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight,” says the Lord.
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2 Corinthians 11 16-2 Corinthians 11 18
I say again, let no one think me a fool. If otherwise, at least receive me as a fool, that I also may boast a little.What I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as it were, foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.Seeing that many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast.
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Proverbs 27:2
Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips.
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Colossians 1:24
I now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up in my flesh what is lacking in the afflictions of Christ, for the sake of His body, which is the church,