2 Corinthians 11:30 Cross References - Bishops

³⁰ If I must needes glory, I wyll glory of the thynges that concerne myne infirmities

²⁷ As it is not good to eate to muche honye, so curiously to searche the glory of heauenly thinges, is not commendable

² Let another man prayse thee, and not thyne owne mouth, yea other folkes, and not thyne owne lippes

²³ Thus saith the Lorde: Let not the wise man reioyce in his wisdome, nor the strong man in his strength, neither the riche man in his riches ²⁴ But who so wyll reioyce, let hym reioyce in this, that he vnderstandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lorde whiche do mercy, equitie, and righteousnesse vpon the earth: therfore haue I pleasure in suche thinges, saith the Lorde

³ And I was among you in weaknesse, and in feare, and in much tremblyng

¹⁶ I say agayne, let no man thynke that I am foolyshe: or els euen nowe take ye me as a foole, that I also may boast my selfe a litle ¹⁷ That I speake, I speake it not after the Lorde: but as it were foolishly, in this maner of boastyng ¹⁸ Seyng that many glorie after ye fleshe, I wyll glorie also

¹ It is not expedient doubtles, for me to glorie, I wyl come to visions & reuelations of the Lorde

⁵ Of such a man wyll I glorie, yet of my selfe wyll I not glorie, but in myne infirmities ⁶ For though I woulde desire to glorie, I shall not be a foole, for I wyll say the trueth: but I nowe refrayne, lest any man shoulde thynke of me, aboue that which he seeth me to be, or yt he heareth of me ⁷ And lest I shoulde be exalted out of measure through the aboundaunce of the reuelations, there was geuen vnto me a pricke to the fleshe, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, because I should not be exalted out of measure ⁸ For this thyng besought I the Lorde thryse, that it myght depart from me ⁹ And he sayde vnto me: My grace is sufficient for thee. For my strength is made perfect in weakenesse. Most gladly therfore, I wyll rather glorie in my infirmities, that the power of Christ myght dwell in me ¹⁰ Therfore haue I delectation in infirmities, in rebukes, in necessities, in persecutions, in anguishes for Christes sake: For when I am weake, then am I strong ¹¹ I am become a foole [in] gloriyng. Ye haue compelled me: for I ought to haue ben commended of you. For nothyng was I inferiour vnto the chiefe Apostles, though I be nothyng

²⁴ Nowe iowe I in my sufferynges for you, and fulfyll that which is behynde of the passions of Christe, in my fleshe, for his bodyes sake, which is ye Church