2 Corinthians 12

Gen Z: 2 Corinthians 12

1No cap, I ain't tryna flex too hard. I'm just here for the vibes and revelations from the Lord.

2So, like, I knew this dude in Christ way back, over 14 years ago, (whether it was in the body or not, who even knows? God knows, fr) and he got caught up to the third heaven.

3I knew this guy, (whether in the body or out, still sus, God knows;)

4He got taken to paradise and heard some wild words that ain't even legal to say, periodt.

5I'm gonna flex about him, but I won't flex about myself, just my struggles, ya feel?

6Even if I wanna flex, I won’t be a fool; I’m just keeping it real: I don’t want y’all thinking I’m more than what you see or hear.

7And to keep me humble with all these revelations, I got a thorn in my flesh, a total savage move from Satan to keep me grounded.

8I hit up the Lord three times asking for it to leave me alone.

9And He told me, "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."

10So, 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.

11I 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.

12For real, the signs of an apostle popped off among you with patience, signs, wonders, and major moves.

13What’s the tea? How were you lacking compared to other churches, except I didn’t wanna be a burden? Forgive me for that.

14Yo, 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.

15I’m down to spend all my energy for you; even if I love you more, I feel less loved back, no cap.

16But fr, I didn’t put a load on you: still, being crafty, I caught you slipping.

17Did I profit off you through anyone I sent?

18I 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?

19Again, do you think we gotta explain ourselves to you? We’re speaking to God in Christ: but we do everything, beloved, for your growth.

20I’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.

21And 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.

KJV: 2 Corinthians 12

1It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

2I 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.

3And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)

4How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

5Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.

6For 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.

7And 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.

8For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.

9And 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.

10Therefore 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.

11I 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.

12Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.

13For 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.

14Behold, 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.

15And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.

16But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.

17Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?

18I 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?

19Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.

20For 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:

21And 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.

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