122 Corinthians 12

1It is not expediet for me (no dout to reioyce. Neverthelesse I will come to visions and revelacios of ye lorde.Select 2 Corinthians 12:1

2I knowe a ma in Christ above .xiiij. yeares agone (whether he weare in ye body I cannot tell or whether he were oute of ye body I canot tell god knoweth) which was take vp into the thyrd heven.Select 2 Corinthians 12:2

3And I knowe the same man (whether in the body or out of the body I canot tell god knoweth)Select 2 Corinthians 12:3

4howe yt he was take vp into paradise and hearde wordes not to be spoke which no man can vtter.Select 2 Corinthians 12:4

5Of this man will I reioyce of my silfe will I not reioyce except it be of myne infirmities.Select 2 Corinthians 12:5

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.Select 2 Corinthians 12:6

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 measureSelect 2 Corinthians 12:7

8For this thynge besought I the lorde thryse that it myght departe from me.Select 2 Corinthians 12:8

9And he sayde vnto me: my grace is sufficient for the. For my stregth is made perfact thorow weaknes. Very gladly therfore will I reioyce of my weaknes that the strength of Christ maye dwell in meSelect 2 Corinthians 12:9

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.Select 2 Corinthians 12:10

11I am made a fole in bostynge my silfe. Ye have copelled me: I ought to have bene comeded of you. For in nothinge was I inferior vnto ye chefe apostels Though I be nothyngeSelect 2 Corinthians 12:11

12yet ye tokes of an apostle were wrought amoge you with all pacience: with signes and wonders and myghty dedes.Select 2 Corinthians 12:12

13For what is it wherin ye were inferiors vnto other cogregacions except it be therin that I was not greveous vnto you. Forgeve me this wronge done vnto you.Select 2 Corinthians 12:13

14Beholde now ye 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.Select 2 Corinthians 12:14

15I will very gladly bestowe and wilbe bestowed for youre soules: though the moare I love you ye lesse I am loved agayne.Select 2 Corinthians 12:15

16But be it yt I greved you not: never the lesse I was crafty and toke you with gile.Select 2 Corinthians 12:16

17Did I pill you by eny of the which I sent vnto you?Select 2 Corinthians 12:17

18I desyred Titus and wt him I sent a brother. Did Titus defraude you of eny thynge? walked we not in one sprete? walked we not in lyke steppes?Select 2 Corinthians 12:18

19Agayne thynke ye yt we excuse oure selves? We speake in Christ in the sight of God. But we do all thynges dearly beloved for youre edifyinge.Select 2 Corinthians 12:19

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 amoge you debate envyinge wrath stryfe backbytynges whisperynges swellynges and discorde.Select 2 Corinthians 12:20

21I feare lest when I come agayne God brynge me lowe amoge 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.Select 2 Corinthians 12:21