2Cor 1:14, 11:12-16, 12:1-9 | ESV | STEP | just as you did partially understand us — that on the day of our Lord Jesus you will boast of us as we will boast of you .

s[See ver. 2 above]

tSee 1 Cor. 2:3

u ch. 5:13; 11:16, 17; [ver. 11]

v[ch. 10:10]

x[Num. 33:55; Ezek. 28:24]

y[Luke 13:16]; See 1 Cor. 5:5

z[Matt. 26:44]

aa Isa. 43:2

ab Isa. 40:29-31; [Phil. 4:13]

acSee 1 Cor. 2:5

2 Corinthians 1:14

14 just as you did ^apartially understand us—that ^bon the day of our Lord Jesus ^cyou will boast of us as ^dwe will boast of you.

2 Corinthians 11:12-16

12 And what I am doing I will continue to do, ^ein order to undermine the claim of those who would like to claim that in their boasted mission they work on the same terms as we do. 13 For such men are ^ffalse apostles, ^gdeceitful workmen, ^hdisguising themselves as apostles of Christ. 14 And no wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as ⁱan angel of light. 15 So it is no surprise if his servants, also, disguise themselves as ^jservants of righteousness. ^kTheir end will correspond to their deeds.

Paul’s Sufferings as an Apostle

16 I repeat, ^llet no one think me foolish. But even if you do, accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

2 Corinthians 12:1-9

Paul’s Visions and His Thorn

1 I must go on boasting. Though there is nothing to be gained by it, I will go on to visions and ^mrevelations of the Lord. 2 I know a man ⁿin Christ who fourteen years ago was ^ocaught up to ^pthe third heaven—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, ^qGod knows. 3 And I know that this man was caught up into ^rparadise—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, ^sGod knows— 4 and he heard things that cannot be told, which man may not utter. 5 On behalf of this man I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, ^texcept of my weaknesses— 6 though if I should wish to boast, ^uI would not be a fool, for I would be speaking the truth; but I refrain from it, so that no one may think more of me than he sees in me or hears from me. 7 So ^vto keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, ^{▼▼Or hears from me, even because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited} ^xa thorn was given me in the flesh, ^ya messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. 8 ^zThree times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. 9 But he said to me, ^aa“My grace is sufficient for you, for ^abmy power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that ^acthe power of Christ may rest upon me.