12:1  si gloriari oportet non expedit        1.  It is not expedient for me  
quidem veniam autem ad visiones et           doubtless to glory. I will come to  
revelationes Domini                          visions and revelations of the Lord.
                                             
12:2  scio hominem in Christo ante           2.  I knew a man in Christ above  
annos quattuordecim sive in corpore          fourteen years ago, (whether in the  
nescio sive extra corpus nescio Deus         body, I cannot tell; or whether out of  
scit raptum eiusmodi usque ad tertium        the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)  
caelum                                       such an one caught up to the third  
                                             heaven.
                                             
12:3  et scio huiusmodi hominem sive in      3.  And I knew such a man, (whether in  
corpore sive extra corpus nescio Deus        the body, or out of the body, I cannot  
scit                                         tell: God knoweth;)
                                             
12:4  quoniam raptus est in paradisum        4.  How that he was caught up into  
et audivit arcana verba quae non licet       paradise, and heard unspeakable words,  
homini loqui                                 which it is not lawful for a man to  
                                             utter.
                                             
12:5  pro eiusmodi gloriabor pro me          5.  Of such an one will I glory: yet of  
autem nihil gloriabor nisi in                myself I will not glory, but in mine  
infirmitatibus meis                          infirmities.
                                             
12:6  nam et si voluero gloriari non         6.  For though I would desire to glory,  
ero insipiens veritatem enim dicam           I shall not be a fool; for I will say  
parco autem ne quis in me existimet          the truth: but now I forbear, lest any  
supra id quod videt me aut audit ex me       man should think of me above that which  
                                             he seeth me to be, or that he heareth  
                                             of me.
                                             
12:7  et ne magnitudo revelationum           7.  And lest I should be exalted above  
extollat me datus est mihi stimulus          measure through the abundance of the  
carnis meae angelus Satanae ut me            revelations, there was given to me a  
colaphizet                                   thorn in the flesh, the messenger of  
                                             Satan to buffet me, lest I should be  
                                             exalted above measure.
                                             
12:8  propter quod ter Dominum rogavi        8.  For this thing I besought the Lord  
ut discederet a me                           thrice, that it might depart from me.
                                             
12:9  et dixit mihi sufficit tibi            9.  And he said unto me, My grace is  
gratia mea nam virtus in infirmitate         sufficient for thee: for my strength is  
perficitur libenter igitur gloriabor in      made perfect in weakness. Most gladly  
infirmitatibus meis ut inhabitet in me       therefore will I rather glory in my  
virtus Christi                               infirmities, that the power of Christ  
                                             may rest upon me.
                                             
12:10  propter quod placeo mihi in           10.  Therefore I take pleasure in  
infirmitatibus in contumeliis in             infirmities, in reproaches, in  
necessitatibus in persecutionibus in         necessities, in persecutions, in  
angustiis pro Christo cum enim infirmor      distresses for Christ's sake: for when  
tunc potens sum                              I am weak, then am I strong.
                                             
12:11  factus sum insipiens vos me           11.  I am become a fool in glorying; ye  
coegistis ego enim debui a vobis             have compelled me: for I ought to have  
commendari nihil enim minus fui ab his       been commended of you: for in nothing  
qui sunt supra modum apostoli tametsi        am I behind the very chiefest apostles,  
nihil sum                                    though I be nothing.
                                             
12:12  signa tamen apostoli facta sunt       12.  Truly the signs of an apostle were  
super vos in omni patientia signis et        wrought among you in all patience, in  
prodigiis et virtutibus                      signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.
                                             
12:13  quid est enim quod minus              13.  For what is it wherein ye were  
habuistis prae ceteris ecclesiis nisi        inferior to other churches, except it  
quod ego ipse non gravavi vos donate         be that I myself was not burdensome to  
mihi hanc iniuriam                           you? forgive me this wrong.
                                             
12:14  ecce tertio hoc paratus sum           14.  Behold, the third time I am ready  
venire ad vos et non ero gravis vobis        to come to you; and I will not be  
non enim quaero quae vestra sunt sed         burdensome to you: for I seek not  
vos nec enim debent filii parentibus         your's but you: for the children ought  
thesaurizare sed parentes filiis             not to lay up for the parents, but the  
                                             parents for the children.
                                             
12:15  ego autem libentissime inpendam       15.  And I will very gladly spend and  
et superinpendar ipse pro animabus           be spent for you; though the more  
vestris licet plus vos diligens minus        abundantly I love you, the less I be  
diligar                                      loved.
                                             
12:16  sed esto ego vos non gravavi sed      16.  But be it so, I did not burden  
cum essem astutus dolo vos cepi              you: nevertheless, being crafty, I  
                                             caught you with guile.
                                             
12:17  numquid per aliquem eorum quos        17.  Did I make a gain of you by any of  
misi ad vos circumveni vos                   them whom I sent unto you?
                                             
12:18  rogavi Titum et misi cum illo         18.  I desired Titus, and with him I  
fratrem numquid Titus vos circumvenit        sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain  
nonne eodem spiritu ambulavimus nonne        of you? walked we not in the same  
hisdem vestigiis                             spirit? walked we not in the same steps?
                                             
12:19  olim putatis quod excusemus nos       19.  Again, think ye that we excuse  
apud vos coram Deo in Christo loquimur       ourselves unto you? we speak before God  
omnia autem carissimi propter vestram        in Christ: but we do all things, dearly  
aedificationem                               beloved, for your edifying.
                                             
12:20  timeo enim ne forte cum venero        20.  For I fear, lest, when I come, I  
non quales volo inveniam vos et ego          shall not find you such as I would, and  
inveniar a vobis qualem non vultis ne        that I shall be found unto you such as  
forte contentiones aemulationes              ye would not: lest there be debates,  
animositates dissensiones detractiones       envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings,  
susurrationes inflationes seditiones         whisperings, swellings, tumults:
sint inter vos                               

12:21  ne iterum cum venero humiliet me      21.  And lest, when I come again, my  
Deus apud vos et lugeam multos ex his        God will humble me among you, and that  
qui ante peccaverunt et non egerunt          I shall bewail many which have sinned  
paenitentiam super inmunditia et             already, and have not repented of the  
fornicatione et inpudicitia quam             uncleanness and fornication and  
gesserunt                                    lasciviousness which they have  
                                             committed.