{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/wbt/2-corinthians/12","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T04:42:13.269Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WBT","book":"2 Corinthians","bookSlug":"2-corinthians","chapter":12,"testament":"NEW"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":11,"nextChapter":13,"totalChapters":13,"totalVerses":21},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such one caught up to the third heaven."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"That he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Of such one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in my infirmities."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"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 what he heareth from me."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended by you: for in nothing am I behind the very greatest apostles, though I am nothing."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"For what is that in which ye were inferior to other churches, except that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you. For the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I am loved."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent to you?"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves to you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edification."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found by you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And lest, when I come again, my God may humble me among you, and I shall bewail many who have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness, and lewdness, and lasciviousness, which they have committed."}],"citation":{"inline":"2 Corinthians 12 (WBT)","markdown":"[2 Corinthians 12](https://primebible.com/wbt/2-corinthians/12)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WBT. https://primebible.com/wbt/2-corinthians/12 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}