2 Corinthians 12

¹To boast, really, is not profitable for me, for I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

²I have known a man in Christ, fourteen years ago — whether in the body I have not known, whether out of the body I have not known, God hath known — such an one being caught away unto the third heaven;

³and I have known such a man — whether in the body, whether out of the body, I have not known, God hath known, —

⁴that he was caught away to the paradise, and heard unutterable sayings, that it is not possible for man to speak.

⁵Of such an one I will boast, and of myself I will not boast, except in my infirmities,

⁶for if I may wish to boast, I shall not be a fool, for truth I will say; but I forebear, lest any one in regard to me may think anything above what he doth see me, or doth hear anything of me;

⁷and that by the exceeding greatness of the revelations I might not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of the Adversary, that he might buffet me, that I might not be exalted overmuch.

⁸Concerning this thing thrice the Lord did I call upon, that it might depart from me,

⁹and He said to me, 'Sufficient for thee is My grace, for My power in infirmity is perfected;' most gladly, therefore, will I rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of the Christ may rest on me:

¹⁰wherefore I am well pleased in infirmities, in damages, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses — for Christ; for whenever I am infirm, then I am powerful;