Revised Standard Version RSV
The Latin Vulgate VUL
1 I must boast; there is nothing to be gained by it, but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.
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si gloriari oportet non expedit quidem veniam autem ad visiones et revelationes Domini
2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven--whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows.
2
scio hominem in Christo ante annos quattuordecim sive in corpore nescio sive extra corpus nescio Deus scit raptum eiusmodi usque ad tertium caelum
3 And I know that this man was caught up into Paradise--whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, God knows--
3
et scio huiusmodi hominem sive in corpore sive extra corpus nescio Deus scit
4 and he heard things that cannot be told, which man may not utter.
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quoniam raptus est in paradisum et audivit arcana verba quae non licet homini loqui
5 On behalf of this man I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except of my weaknesses.
5
pro eiusmodi gloriabor pro me autem nihil gloriabor nisi in infirmitatibus meis
6 Though if I wish to boast, I shall not be a fool, for I shall 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.
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nam et si voluero gloriari non ero insipiens veritatem enim dicam parco autem ne quis in me existimet supra id quod videt me aut audit ex me
7 And to keep me from being too elated by the abundance of revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, to harass me, to keep me from being too elated.
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et ne magnitudo revelationum extollat me datus est mihi stimulus carnis meae angelus Satanae ut me colaphizet
8 Three times I besought the Lord about this, that it should leave me;
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propter quod ter Dominum rogavi ut discederet a me
9 but he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." I will all the more gladly boast of my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
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et dixit mihi sufficit tibi gratia mea nam virtus in infirmitate perficitur libenter igitur gloriabor in infirmitatibus meis ut inhabitet in me virtus Christi
10 For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities; for when I am weak, then I am strong.
10
propter quod placeo mihi in infirmitatibus in contumeliis in necessitatibus in persecutionibus in angustiis pro Christo cum enim infirmor tunc potens sum
11 I have been a fool! You forced me to it, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I was not at all inferior to these superlative apostles, even though I am nothing.
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factus sum insipiens vos me coegistis ego enim debui a vobis commendari nihil enim minus fui ab his qui sunt supra modum apostoli tametsi nihil sum
12 The signs of a true apostle were performed among you in all patience, with signs and wonders and mighty works.
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signa tamen apostoli facta sunt super vos in omni patientia signis et prodigiis et virtutibus
13 For in what were you less favored than the rest of the churches, except that I myself did not burden you? Forgive me this wrong!
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quid est enim quod minus habuistis prae ceteris ecclesiis nisi quod ego ipse non gravavi vos donate mihi hanc iniuriam
14 Here for the third time I am ready to come to you. And I will not be a burden, for I seek not what is yours but you; for children ought not to lay up for their parents, but parents for their children.
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ecce tertio hoc paratus sum venire ad vos et non ero gravis vobis non enim quaero quae vestra sunt sed vos nec enim debent filii parentibus thesaurizare sed parentes filiis
15 I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If I love you the more, am I to be loved the less?
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ego autem libentissime inpendam et superinpendar ipse pro animabus vestris licet plus vos diligens minus diligar
16 But granting that I myself did not burden you, I was crafty, you say, and got the better of you by guile.
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sed esto ego vos non gravavi sed cum essem astutus dolo vos cepi
17 Did I take advantage of you through any of those whom I sent to you?
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numquid per aliquem eorum quos misi ad vos circumveni vos
18 I urged Titus to go, and sent the brother with him. Did Titus take advantage of you? Did we not act in the same spirit? Did we not take the same steps?
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rogavi Titum et misi cum illo fratrem numquid Titus vos circumvenit nonne eodem spiritu ambulavimus nonne hisdem vestigiis
19 Have you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves before you? It is in the sight of God that we have been speaking in Christ, and all for your upbuilding, beloved.
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olim putatis quod excusemus nos apud vos coram Deo in Christo loquimur omnia autem carissimi propter vestram aedificationem
20 For I fear that perhaps I may come and find you not what I wish, and that you may find me not what you wish; that perhaps there may be quarreling, jealousy, anger, selfishness, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder.
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timeo enim ne forte cum venero non quales volo inveniam vos et ego inveniar a vobis qualem non vultis ne forte contentiones aemulationes animositates dissensiones detractiones susurrationes inflationes seditiones sint inter vos
21 I fear that when I come again my God may humble me before you, and I may have to mourn over many of those who sinned before and have not repented of the impurity, immorality, and licentiousness which they have practiced.
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ne iterum cum venero humiliet me Deus apud vos et lugeam multos ex his qui ante peccaverunt et non egerunt paenitentiam super inmunditia et fornicatione et inpudicitia quam gesserunt
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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