2 Corinthians 12

1 (12:4) It is not expedyent for me (no doubte) to reioyce. Neuerthelesse I wyll come to visions and reuelations of the Lorde. 2 (12:5) I knowe a man in Christe aboue .xiiij. yeares agone (whether he were in the bodye I cannot tell, or whether he were oute of the bodye I cannot tell, God knoweth) whiche was taken vp into the third heauen. 3 (12:6) And I knowe the same man (whether in the bodye, or oute of the bodye, I cannot tell, God knoweth) 4 (12:7) howe that he was taken vp into paradyse, and hearde wordes not to be spoken, whiche no man can vtter. 5 (12:8) Of thys man wyll I reioyce, of my selfe wyll I not reioyce, excepte it be of myne infyrmytyes. 6 (12:9) And yet thoughe I woulde reioyce, I shoulde not be a fole: for I shoulde saye the trueth: Neuerthelesse I spare, lest anye man shoulde thynke of me aboue that he seeth me to be, or heareth of me. 7 (12:10) And lest I shoulde be exalted out of measure thorowe the aboundaunce of reuelacions there was geuen vnto me vnquyetnes of 'fee fleshe, the messenger of Satan to buffete me: because I shoulde no be exalted oute of measure. 8 (12:11) For thys thynge besought I the Lorde thryse, that it myght departe from me. 9 (12:12) And he sayde vnto me: my grace is suffycyent for the. For my strengthe is made perfecte thorowe weakenes. Very gladly therfor wil I reioyce of my weakenes, that the strength of Christe maye dwell in me 10 (12:13) Therfore haue I delectacyon in infyrmities, in rebukes, in nede, in persecutions, in anguyshe, for Christes sake. For when I am weake, then am I stronge. 11 (12:14) I am made a fole in bostynge my selfe. Ye haue compelled me: I ought to haue bene commended of you. For in nothynge was I inferyor vnto the chiefe Apostles. Thoughe I be nothynge 12 (12:15) yet the tokens of an Apostle were wroughte amonge you with al pacience: with signes, and wonders and myghty dedes. 13 (12:16) For what is it wherein ye were inferyours vnto other congregacyons except it be therein that I was not greuous vnto you. Forgeue me thys wrong done vnto you. 14 (12:17) Behold the now thyrde time I am redy to come vnto you, and yet wyll I not be greuouse vnto you. For I seke not yours, but you. Also the chyldren ought not to lay vp for the fathers & mothers but the fathers a mothers for the chyldren. 15 (12:18) I wyll very gladly bestowe, and wyll be bestowed for youre soules: thoughe the more I loue you, the lesse I am loued agayne. 16 (12:19) But be it that I greued you not: neuerthelesse I was crafty and toke you with gyle. 17 (12:20) Dyd I pyl you by any of them which I sent vnto you? 18 (12:21) I desyred Titus, and with hym I sent a brother. Did Tytus defraude you of any thing? walked we not in one spyryte? walked we not in lyke steppes? 19 (12:22) Agayne, thynke ye that we excuse oure selues. We speake in Christe in the syght of God. But we do all thynges dearelye beloued for youre edifiynge. 20 (12:23) For I feare least it come to passe, that when I come, I shall not fynde you suche as I woulde, and I shalbe founde amonge you debate, enuiynge, wrath, stryfe, backbytynges, whisperynges, swellynges & discorde. 21 (12:24) I feare leste when I come agayne, God brynge me lowe amonge you, and I be constrayned to bewayle many of them which haue synned already, and haue not repented of the vncleanes, fornicacyon, and wantonnes, whiche they haue commytted.