2 Corinthians 12 — TNT
12Verse 1It is not expediet for me (no dout to reioyce. Neverthelesse I will come to visions and revelacions of the lorde.Verse 2I knowe a man in Christ above .xiiij. yeares agone (whether he weare in the body I cannot tell or whether he were oute of the body I cannot tell god knoweth) which was take vp into the thyrd heven.Verse 3And I knowe the same man (whether in the body or out of the body I cannot tell god knoweth)Verse 4howe that he was take vp into paradise and hearde wordes not to be spoke which no man can vtter.Verse 5Of this man will I reioyce of my silfe will I not reioyce except it be of myne infirmities.Verse 6And yet though I wolde reioyce I shuld not be a fole: for I wolde saye the trouthe. Neverthe lesse I spare lest eny man shuld thynke of me above that he seith me to be or heareth of me.Verse 7And lest I shuld be exalted out of measure thorow the aboundance of revelacions ther was geven vnto me vnquyetnes of the flesshe the messenger of Satan to buffet me: be cause I shuld not be exalted out of measureVerse 8For this thynge besought I the lorde thryse that it myght departe from me.Verse 9And he sayde vnto me: my grace is sufficient for the. For my strength is made perfact thorow weaknes. Very gladly therfore will I reioyce of my weaknes that the strength of Christ maye dwell in meVerse 10Therfore have I delectacion in infirmities in rebukes in nede in persecucions in anguyshe for Christis sake. For when I am weake then am I stronge.Verse 11I am made a fole in bostynge my silfe. Ye have compelled me: I ought to have bene comeded of you. For in nothinge was I inferior vnto the chefe apostels Though I be nothyngeVerse 12yet the tokens of an apostle were wrought amonge you with all pacience: with signes and wonders and myghty dedes.Verse 13For what is it wherin ye were inferiors vnto other congregacions except it be therin that I was not greveous vnto you. Forgeve me this wronge done vnto you.Verse 14Beholde now the thyrde tyme I am redy to come vnto you: and yet will I not be grevous vnto you. For I seke not youres but you. Also the children ought not to laye vp for the fathers and mothers: but the fathers and mothers for the children.Verse 15I will very gladly bestowe and wilbe bestowed for youre soules: though the moare I love you the lesse I am loved agayne.Verse 16But be it that I greved you not: never the lesse I was crafty and toke you with gile.Verse 17Did I pill you by eny of the which I sent vnto you?Verse 18I desyred Titus and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus defraude you of eny thynge? walked we not in one sprete? walked we not in lyke steppes?Verse 19Agayne thynke ye that we excuse oure selves? We speake in Christ in the sight of God. But we do all thynges dearly beloved for youre edifyinge.Verse 20For I feare lest it come to passe that when I come I shall not fynde you soche as I wolde: and I shalbe foude vnto you soche as ye wolde not: I feare lest ther be founde amonge you debate envyinge wrath stryfe backbytynges whisperynges swellynges and discorde.Verse 21I feare lest when I come agayne God brynge me lowe amonge you and I be constrayned to bewayle many of the which have synned all redy and have not repented of the vnclennes fornicacion and wantanes which they haue committed.