2 Corinthians 11:30 Cross References - Coverdale

³⁰ Yf I must nedes make my boast, I wil boast my selfe of myne infirmyte.

²⁷ Like as it is not good to eate to moch hony, euen so he that wyll search out hye thynges, it shal be to heuy for him.

² Let another ma prayse the, & not thine owne mouth: yee other folkes lippes, and not thyne.

²³ Morouer, thus saieth the LORDE: Let not the wise man reioyse in his wisdome, ner the stronge man in his strength, nether the rich man in his riches: ²⁴ But who so wil reioyse, let him reioyse in this, that he vnderstodeth, and knoweth me: for I am the LORDE, which do mercie, equite and rightuousnes vpon earth. Therfore haue I pleasure in soch thinges, saieth ye LORDE.

³ And I was amonge you in weaknes, and in feare, and in moch tremblinge:

¹⁶ I saye agayne, lest eny man thynke that I am folish: or els take me euen now as a fole, yt I maye boast my selfe a litle also. ¹⁷ That I speake now, that speake I not after the LORDE, but as it were in folishnes, whyle we are now come to boastinge: ¹⁸ Seynge that many boaste them selues after ye flesh, I wil boast my selfe also.

¹ It profiteth me nothinge (no doute) to boaste. Neuertheles I wil come to ye visions and reuelacions off the LORDE.

⁵ Here of will I boast, but of my selfe wil I make no boast, excepte it be of myne infirmyties. ⁶ And though I wolde boast my selfe, I dyd not foolishly, for I wolde saye the trueth. But I refrayne my selfe, lest eny ma shulde thinke of me aboue yt he seyth in me, or heareth of me. ⁷ And lest I shulde exalte my selfe out of measure because of the hye reuelacions, there is a warnynge geuen vnto my flesh, euen ye messaunger of Satan, to buffet me, that I shulde not exalte my selfe out off measure: ⁸ for ye which I besoughte the LORDE thryse, that it mighte departe fro me. ⁹ And he sayde vnto me: My grace is sufficiet for the. For my strength is made perfecte thorow weaknes. Very glad therfore wil I reioyse in my weaknesses, that the strength of Christ maye dwell in me. ¹⁰ Therfore am I contente in infirmities, in rebukes, in necessities, in persecucions, in anguysshes for Christes sake: for wha I am weake, the am I stroge. ¹¹ I am become a fole i boastinge my selfe: Ye haue copelled me. For I oughte to be comended of you, in so moch as I am in nothinge inferior to ye hye Apostles. Though I be nothinge,

²⁴ Now ioye I in my sufferynges, which I suffre for you, and fulfill that which is behynde of the passions of Christ in my flesh, for his bodyes sake, which is the congregacion,