2 Corinthians Chapter 12
No cap, I ain't trying to flex too hard. Just here for the vibes and revelations from the Lord.
It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. {I will come: Gr. For I will come}
So, I totally knew this guy in Christ ages ago, over 14 years back, (like, whether in the body or not, who even knows? God knows, fr) and he was caught up to the third heaven.
I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.
This dude I knew, (whether it was in the body or out, still sus, God knows;)
And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)
He was taken to paradise and heard some wild words that are basically illegal to say, periodt.
How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter. {lawful: or, possible}
I’m gonna flex about him, but not about myself, just my struggles, ya feel?
Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.
Even if I wanted to flex, I won’t be a fool; just keeping it real: I don’t want y’all thinking I’m more than what you see or hear.
For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but {now} I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me {to be}, or {that} he heareth of me.
So to keep me grounded with all these revelations, I got a thorn in my flesh, a total savage move from Satan to keep me humble.
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.
I reached out to the Lord three times asking for it to dip.
For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
And He replied, "My grace is enough for you: my strength is lit in your weakness. So, I’m gonna flex my struggles so Christ’s power can chill with me."
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.
So, I vibe with my struggles, the hate, the needs, the persecution, and the stress for Christ’s sake: 'cause when I’m weak, that’s when I’m actually strong.
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.
I lowkey look like a fool flexing; y’all made me do it: I should’ve been praised by you guys, for real, I’m not lacking compared to the top apostles, even if I’m nothing.
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.
For real, the signs of an apostle popped off among you with patience, signs, wonders, and major moves.
Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.
What’s the tea? How were you lacking compared to other churches, except I didn’t wanna be a burden? My bad for that.
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.
Yo, I’m ready to roll up again, and I won’t be a burden: I’m not here for your stuff, but for you: kids shouldn’t stash for parents, but parents for kids.
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.
I’m down to spend all my energy for you; even if I love you more, I feel less love back, no cap.
And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved. {for you: Gr. for your souls}
But fr, I didn’t put a load on you: still, I was crafty, and caught you slipping.
But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.
Did I profit off you through anyone I sent?
Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?
I sent Titus and a bro with him. Did Titus profit off you? We didn’t vibe in the same spirit? We didn’t walk the same path?
I desired Titus, and with {him} I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? {walked we} not in the same steps?
Again, do you think we gotta explain ourselves to you? We’re speaking to God in Christ: but we do everything, beloved, for your growth.
Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but {we do} all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.
I’m kinda scared, 'cause when I roll up, I might not find you how I want and end up being someone you don’t wanna see: gotta avoid drama, envy, anger, fights, gossip, and chaos.
For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and {that} I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest {there be} debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
And I’m worried that when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and I’ll be sad for the ones who’ve sinned and haven’t repented of their mess.
{And} lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and {that} I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.