2 Corinthians 12:5
Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.
KJV
ὑπὲρ τοῦ τοιούτου καυχήσομαι, ὑπὲρ δὲ ἐμαυτοῦ οὐ καυχήσομαι εἰ μὴ ἐν ταῖς ἀσθενείαις μου.
Greek NT
Pro hujusmodi gloriabor : pro me autem nihil gloriabor nisi in infirmitatibus meis.
Vulgate
On behalf of such a one will I glory: but on mine own behalf I will not glory, save in my weaknesses.
ASV
For such an one I will glory: but for myself I will glory nothing but in my infirmities.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
εἰ
ei
conditional · 491×
καυχάομαι
kauchaomai
verb · 37×
μή
me
particle · 1033×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
τοιοῦτος
toioutos
demonstrative · 57×
ἀσθένεια
astheneia
noun · 24×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐμαυτοῦ
emautou
reflexive_pronoun · 37×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
ὑπέρ
uper
preposition · 148×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: ἀσθενείαις | WH/Treg/NIV: ἀσθενείαις | RP: + μου
- ἀσθενείαις — SBLGNT
- ἀσθενείαις — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + μου — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 2:3 — And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
- 1Cor 2:3 — And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
- 2Cor 10:10 — For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
- 2Cor 11:30 — If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.
- 2Cor 11:30 — If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.
- 2Cor 12:9 — 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 m
- 2Cor 13:9 — For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.
- Heb 5:2 — Who can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the way; for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity.
- Rom 8:26 — Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered.