Verse Lens · Context pointer
2 Corinthians 11:12 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 12. 12But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.
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Role in This Section
This verse says Paul will continue the policy to remove rivals' opportunity for equal boasting.
Read It With
- 2 Corinthians 11:7–15
Read 2 Corinthians 11:12 with 11:7–15. This verse says Paul will continue the policy to remove rivals' opportunity for equal boasting. The complete unit establishes this movement: Paul says he lowered himself by preaching freely in Corinth while accepting Macedonian support, not because he lacked love but to deny rivals a patronage-based comparison; he then names deceptive apostles whose righteous appearance hides harmful work.
Why It Needs Context
This verse says Paul will continue the policy to remove rivals' opportunity for equal boasting. That contribution depends on 2 Corinthians 11:7–15; isolated teaching would detach the line from the letter's complete movement.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read 2 Corinthians 11:7–15 — Free Proclamation, Patronage Tension, and Deceptive ApostlesSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing Scripture wording, paragraph markers, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: 2 Corinthians 11:7–15, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording, clause relationships, repeated terms, and original-language discussion.
Exact location: SBLGNT official text file 2Co.txt, 11:7–15
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