1It is4851 not3756 expedient4851 for me3427 doubtless1211 to glory2744.1063 I will come2064 to1519 visions3701 and2532 revelations602 of the Lord2962.
2I knew1492 a man444 in1722 Christ5547 above4253 fourteen1180 years2094 ago4253, (whether1535 in1722 the body4983, I cannot3756 tell1492; or whether1535 out1622 of the body4983, I cannot3756 tell1492: God2316 knoweth1492;) such an one5108 caught up726 to2193 the third5154 heaven3772.
3And2532 I knew1492 such5108 a man444, (whether1535 in1722 the body4983, or1535 out1622 of the body4983, I cannot3756 tell1492: God2316 knoweth1492;)
4How that3754 he was caught up726 into1519 paradise3857, and2532 heard191 unspeakable731 words4487, which3739 it is1832 not3756 lawful1832 for a man444 to utter2980.
5Of5228 such an one5108 will I glory2744: yet1161 of5228 myself1683 I will2744 not3756 glory2744, but1508 in1722 mine3450 infirmities769.
6For1063 though1437 I would desire2309 to glory2744, I shall2071 not3756 be2071 a fool878; for1063 I will say2046 the truth225: but1161 now I forbear5339, lest3361 any man5100 should think3049 of1519 me1691 above5228 that which3739 he seeth991 me3165 to be, or2228 that he heareth191 of5100 1537 me1700.
7And2532 lest3363 I should be exalted above measure5229 through the abundance5236 of the revelations602, there was given1325 to me3427 a thorn4647 in the flesh4561, the messenger32 of Satan4566 to2443 buffet2852 me3165, lest3363 I should be exalted above measure5229.
8For5228 this thing5127 I besought3870 the Lord2962 thrice5151, that2443 it might depart868 from575 me1700.
9And2532 he said2046 unto me3427, My3450 grace5485 is sufficient714 for thee4671: for1063 my3450 strength1411 is made perfect5048 in1722 weakness769. Most gladly2236 therefore3767 will I2744 rather3123 glory2744 in1722 my3450 infirmities769, that2443 the power1411 of Christ5547 may rest1981 upon1909 me1691.
10Therefore1352 I take pleasure2106 in1722 infirmities769, in1722 reproaches5196, in1722 necessities318, in1722 persecutions1375, in1722 distresses4730 for5228 Christ's5547 sake5228: for1063 when3752 I am weak770, then5119 am1510 I strong1415.
11I am become1096 a fool878 in glorying2744; ye5210 have compelled315 me3165: for1063 I1473 ought3784 to have been commended4921 of5259 you5216: for1063 in nothing3762 am I behind5302 the very chiefest3029 apostles652 5228, though1499 I be1510 nothing3762.
12Truly3303 the signs4592 of an apostle652 were wrought2716 among1722 you5213 in1722 all3956 patience5281, in1722 signs4592, and2532 wonders5059, and2532 mighty deeds1411.
13For1063 what5101 is it2076 wherein3739 ye were inferior2274 to5228 other3062 churches1577, except1508 it be that3754 I1473 myself846 was2655 not3756 burdensome2655 to you5216? forgive5483 me3427 this5026 wrong93.
14Behold2400, the third time5154 I am2192 ready2093 to come2064 to4314 you5209; and2532 I will2655 not3756 be burdensome2655 to you5216: for1063 I seek2212 not3756 yours5216, but235 you5209: for1063 the children5043 ought3784 not3756 to lay up2343 for the parents1118, but235 the parents1118 for the children5043.
15And1161 I1473 will very gladly2236 spend1159 and2532 be spent1550 for5228 you5590 5216; though1499 the more abundantly4056 I love25 you5209, the less2276 I be loved25.
16But1161 be it so2077, I1473 did2599 not3756 burden2599 you5209: nevertheless235, being5225 crafty3835, I caught2983 you5209 with guile1388.
17Did I make a gain4122 3361 of you5209 by1223 any5100 of them846 whom3739 I sent649 unto4314 you5209?
18I desired3870 Titus5103, and2532 with him I sent4882 a brother80. Did4122 3387 Titus5103 make a gain4122 of you5209? walked we4043 not3756 in the same846 spirit4151? walked we not3756 in the same846 steps2487?
19Again3825, think ye1380 that3754 we excuse ourselves626 unto you5213? we speak2980 before2714 God2316 in1722 Christ5547: but1161 we do all things3956, dearly beloved27, for5228 your5216 edifying3619.
20For1063 I fear5399, lest3381 4458, when I come2064, I shall2147 not3756 find2147 you5209 such as3634 I would2309, and that I2504 shall be found2147 unto you5213 such as3634 ye would2309 not3756: lest3381 4458 there be debates2054, envyings2205, wraths2372, strifes2052, backbitings2636, whisperings5587, swellings5450, tumults181:
21And lest3361, when I come2064 again3825, my3450 God2316 will humble5013 me3165 among4314 you5209, and2532 that I shall bewail3996 many4183 which3588 have sinned already4258, and2532 have3340 not3361 repented3340 of1909 the uncleanness167 and2532 fornication4202 and2532 lasciviousness766 which3739 they have committed4238.