2 Corinthians 12:1 Cross References - Noyes

¹ It is indeed not expedient for me to boast; I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

⁷ But I tell you the truth; it is expedient for you that I depart. For if I do not depart, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.

¹⁴ And it was Caiaphas who counseled the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people.

¹⁰ And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias, and to him the Lord said in a vision, Ananias! And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord. ¹¹ And the Lord said to him, Arise, and go into the street called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul, of Tarsus; for lo! he prayeth, ¹² and hath seen a man, named Ananias, coming in and putting his hand on him, that he might receive sight. ¹³ But Ananias answered, Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how great evils he hath done to thy saints at Jerusalem. ¹⁴ And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name. ¹⁵ But the Lord said to him, Go; for this man is to me a chosen vessel, to bear my name before nations, and kings, and the sons of Israel. ¹⁶ For I myself will show him how great things he must suffer for my names sake. ¹⁷ And Ananias went away, and entered the house; and putting his hands on him, he said, Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus who appeared to thee in the way thou camest, hath sent me, that thou mayst receive sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit.

⁹ And the Lord said to Paul through a vision in the night, Be not afraid, but speak on, and be not silent;

¹⁷ And it came to pass after my return to Jerusalem, while I was praying in the temple, that I fell into a trance, ¹⁸ and saw him saying to me, Make haste, and go quickly out of Jerusalem; for they will not receive thy testimony concerning me. ¹⁹ And I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned, and beat in every synagogue, those that believed in thee; ²⁰ and when the blood of Stephen, thy witness, was shed, I myself was standing by and consenting, and keeping the garments of those who slew him. ²¹ And he said to me, Depart; for I will send thee far hence to the gentiles.

¹¹ And the night following, the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good courage; for as thou hast borne witness concerning me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.

¹³ at midday, on the road, O king, I saw a light from heaven above the brightness of the sun, shining around me and those who were journeying with me. ¹⁴ And when we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking to me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? It is hard for thee to kick against the goads. ¹⁵ And I said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus, whom thou persecutest. ¹⁶ But arise and stand upon thy feet; for I have appeared to thee for this purpose, to prepare thee as a minister and a witness both of the things which thou sawest, and of those on account of which I will appear to thee; ¹⁷ delivering thee from the people, and from the gentiles, to whom I send thee, ¹⁸ to open their eyes that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins, and an inheritance among the sanctified, by faith in me. ¹⁹ Wherefore, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision;

¹² All things are lawful for me, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful for me, but I will not be brought under the power of anything.

²³ All things are lawful, but all things are not profitable; all things are lawful, but all things are not edifying.

¹⁰ And I only give an opinion in this matter. For this is expedient for you, who began before others, not only to do, but also to be willing, a year ago.

¹⁶ I say again, let no one suppose me a fool; if otherwise, yet even as a fool receive me, that I too may boast myself a little. ¹⁷ What I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as it were in folly, in this confidence of boasting. ¹⁸ Seeing that many boast after the flesh, I will boast also. ¹⁹ For ye bear with fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise; ²⁰ for ye bear with it, if one brings you into bondage, if one devours you, if one takes from you, if one exalts himself, if one smites you on the face. ²¹ I say it to my reproach, that we were weak; but in whatever any one is bold, (I speak in folly,) I am bold also. ²² Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they Abrams offspring? So am I. ²³ Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as beside myself,) I am more; in labors more abundantly, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often; ²⁴ of the Jews five times I received forty stripes save one; ²⁵ thrice I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have spent in the deep; ²⁶ by journeyings often; by perils of rivers, by perils of robbers, by perils from my countrymen, by perils from the heathen, by perils in the city, by perils in the wilderness, by perils in the sea, by perils among false brethren; ²⁷ by weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. ²⁸ Besides the other troubles, there is that which presseth upon me daily, the anxiety for all the churches. ²⁹ Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is in danger of stumbling, and I do not burn? ³⁰ If I must boast, I will boast of the things which belong to my weakness.

⁷ And that I might not be too much lifted up by the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, to buffet me, that I might not be too much lifted up.

¹¹ I have become a fool; it is ye that compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you; for in nothing was I behind the very foremost apostles, though I am nothing.

¹² for I did not receive it from man nor was I taught it by any man, but it was revealed to me by Jesus Christ.

² And I went up by revelation, and communicated to them that gospel which I preach among the gentiles; but privately to those who were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.

³ that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few words,

²⁰ And we know that the Son of God hath come, and hath given us understanding, that we may know the True One; and we are in the True One, in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and everlasting life.