2 Corinthians 12

1 It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory
B ⟨needful to glory, it is not expedient indeed⟩; ℵ ⟨not expedient, indeed, to glory⟩
. I will come
B ⟨But I will come also⟩; ℵ ⟨But I will come⟩
 to visions and revelations of the Lord.
2 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 an one caught up to the third heaven.
3 And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell
B omit
: God knoweth;)
4 How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.
5 Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine
B omit
 infirmities.
6 For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear
ℵBA ⟨I forbear even the abundance of the revelations⟩
, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.
7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations
ℵBA ⟨For lest I should be exalted above measure⟩
, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure
ℵBA omit
.
8 For
A ⟨And for⟩
 this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my
ℵBA omit
 strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my
B omit
 infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in
ℵ ⟨and⟩
 necessities, in persecutions, in distresses
A ⟨in distresses⟩; ℵB ⟨in persecutions and distresses⟩
 for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
11 I am become a fool in glorying
ℵBA omit
; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
12 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in
ℵB ⟨and⟩; A omit
 signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.
13 For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.
14 Behold, the
ℵBA ⟨this is the⟩
 third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you
ℵBA omit
: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.
15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.
B ⟨if the more abundantly loving you, the less I be loved.⟩; ℵA ⟨if I love you more abundantly, am I less beloved?⟩
16 But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.
17 Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?
18 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?
19 Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you?
ℵBA ⟨You have thought for some time that we excuse ourselves unto you.⟩
 we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.
20 For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates
ℵB ⟨debate⟩
, envyings
ℵB ⟨envying⟩
, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
21 And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.
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2 Corinthians 13
About the Pointing

The text of the Coverdale Psalter follows the 1928 American Book of Common Prayer. The pointing, suitably adapted, is taken from Charles Macpherson, Edward C. Bairstow, and Percy C. Buck, The English Psalter (Novello & Co., 1925).