I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to be gained, I will go on to VISIONS AND REVELATIONS from the Lord. ² I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know—God knows. ³ And I know that this man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows—⁴ was caught up to paradise and heard inexpressible things, things that no one is permitted to tell. ⁵ I will boast about a man like that, but I will not boast about myself, except about my weaknesses. ⁶ Even if I should choose to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted by what I do or say, ⁷ or because of these surpassingly great revelations. Therefore, IN ORDER TO KEEP ME FROM BECOMING CONCEITED, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. ⁸ Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. ⁹ But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. ¹⁰ That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For WHEN I AM WEAK, then I am strong. –2 Corinthians 12:1-10 (NIV)

Some faced JEERS and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. They were put to death by stoning; they were sawed in two; they were killed by the sword. They went about in sheepskins and goatskins, DESTITUTE, persecuted and MISTREATED—the world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, LIVING IN CAVES and in holes in the ground. –Hebrews 11:36-38 (NIV)

From there Elisha went up to Bethel. As he was walking along the road, some boys came out of the town and jeered at him. “Get out of here, BALDY!” they said. “Get out of here, BALDY!”   –2 Kings 2:23 (NIV)

When your herds and flocks grow large and your silver and gold increase and all you have is multiplied, then YOUR HEART WILL BECOME PROUD and you will forget the Lord your God. –Deuteronomy 8:13-14 (NIV)

The rich should take pride in their HUMILIATION—since they will pass away like a wild flower. ¹¹ For the sun rises with scorching heat and withers the plant; its blossom falls and its beauty is destroyed. In the same way, the rich will fade away even while they go about their business.¹² Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the TEST, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him.¹³ When tempted, no one should say, “God is tempting me.” For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; ¹⁴ but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed. ¹⁵ Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death. –James 1:10-15 (NIV)

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