Category: 2 Corinthians

American Standard Version (ASV):
But be it so, I did not myself burden you; but, being crafty, I caught you with guile.

King James Version (KJV):
But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.

American Standard Version (ASV):
For what is there wherein ye were made inferior to the rest of the churches, except [it be] that I myself was not a burden to you? forgive me this wrong.

King James Version (KJV):
For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except [it be] that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Behold, this is the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a burden to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

King James Version (KJV):
Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

American Standard Version (ASV):
I am become foolish: ye compelled me; for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I am nothing.

King James Version (KJV):
I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, by signs and wonders and mighty works.

King James Version (KJV):
Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.

American Standard Version (ASV):
And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for [my] power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

King James Version (KJV):
And he said unto me, ‹My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.› Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Wherefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

King James Version (KJV):
Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

American Standard Version (ASV):
And by reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I should not be exalted overmuch.

King James Version (KJV):
And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

American Standard Version (ASV):
Concerning this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.

King James Version (KJV):
For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.

American Standard Version (ASV):
On behalf of such a one will I glory: but on mine own behalf I will not glory, save in [my] weaknesses.

King James Version (KJV):
Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.