2 Corinthians 12:6
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6 But if I wish to boast, I will not be a fool, for I will be speaking the truth. But I refrain from it, so that no one may think better of me than what is seen in me or heard from me,(A)
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2 Corinthians 11:16
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Paul’s Sufferings as an Apostle
16 I repeat, let no one think that I am a fool, but if you do, then accept me as a fool, so that I, too, may boast a little.
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2 Corinthians 12:11
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Paul’s Concern for the Corinthian Church
11 I have been a fool! You forced me to it. Indeed you should have been the ones commending me, for I am not at all inferior to these super-apostles, even though I am nothing.(A)
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2 Corinthians 11:31
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31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus (blessed be he forever!) knows that I do not lie.(A)
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2 Corinthians 10:8-10
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8 Now, even if I boast a little too much of our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed of it.(A) 9 I do not want to seem as though I am trying to frighten you with my letters. 10 For someone says,[a] “His letters are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak and his speech contemptible.”(B)
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2 Corinthians 12:7
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7 even considering the exceptional character of the revelations. Therefore, to keep[a] me from being too elated, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me, to keep me from being too elated.[b]
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2 Corinthians 5:13
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13 For if we are beside ourselves, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.(A)
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2 Corinthians 1:18
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18 As surely as God is faithful, our word to you is not[a] “Yes and No.”
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1 Corinthians 3:9-10
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9 For we are God’s coworkers, working together; you are God’s field, God’s building.(A)
10 According to the grace of God given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building on it. Let each builder choose with care how to build on it.(B)
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1 Corinthians 3:5
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5 What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you came to believe, as the Lord assigned to each.
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Romans 9:1
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God’s Election of Israel
9 I am speaking the truth in Christ—I am not lying; my conscience confirms it by the Holy Spirit(A)—
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Job 24:25
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25 If it is not so, who will prove me a liar
and show that there is nothing in what I say?”
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