It is doubtless not profitable for me to boast. For I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

我自夸固然无益，但我是不得已的。如今我要说到主的显现和启示。

虽然自夸无益，我还是不得不夸。我现在要提到主的异象和启示。

虽然自夸无益，我还是不得不夸。我现在要提到主的异象和启示。

自夸虽然无益，但我不得不继续夸下去，谈谈主给我的异象和启示。

夸口固然无益，却也是必要的。现在我要说说主的异象和启示。

夸耀虽然没有益处，但是必须的；我要说到主的异象和启示：

我自誇固然無益，但我是不得已的。如今我要說到主的顯現和啟示。

雖然自誇無益，我還是不得不誇。我現在要提到主的異象和啟示。

雖然自誇無益，我還是不得不誇。我現在要提到主的異象和啟示。

自誇雖然無益，但我不得不繼續誇下去，談談主給我的異象和啟示。

誇口固然無益，卻也是必要的。現在我要說說主的異象和啟示。

我不得不誇口。誇口固然是無益，但我如今卻要進一步、講到主所賜的顯象和啓示。

誇耀雖然沒有益處，但是必須的；我要說到主的異象和啟示：

我自誇固無益、不得已也、惟言主之顯象啟示耳、

我不宜自誇、但言主之顯現默示、

我自誇固於我無益、惟言主之顯現默示、

自誇固非所宜、亦不得已耳。且為爾一述主之顯現及默示可乎。

I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to be gained, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.

We can’t gain anything by bragging. But I have to do it anyway. I am going to tell you what I’ve seen. I want to talk about what the Lord has shown me.

I must go on boasting. Though there is nothing to be gained by it, I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.

This boasting will do no good, but I must go on. I will reluctantly tell about visions and revelations from the Lord.

Boasting is necessary. It is not profitable, but I will move on to visions and revelations of the Lord.

Boasting is necessary, though it is not beneficial; but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.

It is doubtless not profitable for me to boast. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord:

I must needs glory, though it is not expedient; but I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

Boasting is necessary. It is not profitable, but I will move on to visions and revelations of the Lord.

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

It is necessary to go on boasting. Though it is not profitable, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.

For I didn’t receive it from man, nor was I taught it, but it came to me through revelation of Jesus Christ.

By reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted excessively, a thorn in the flesh was given to me: a messenger of Satan to torment me, that I should not be exalted excessively.

The following night, the Lord stood by him and said,“ Cheer up, Paul, for as you have testified about me at Jerusalem, so you must testify also at Rome.”

I lifted up my eyes, and looked, and behold, there was a man clothed in linen, whose thighs were adorned with pure gold of Uphaz.His body also was like the beryl, and his face as the appearance of lightning, and his eyes as flaming torches. His arms and his feet were like burnished bronze. The voice of his words was like the voice of a multitude.I, Daniel, alone saw the vision; for the men who were with me didn’t see the vision; but a great quaking fell on them, and they fled to hide themselves.So I was left alone, and saw this great vision. No strength remained in me; for my face grew deathly pale, and I retained no strength.Yet I heard the voice of his words. When I heard the voice of his words, then I fell into a deep sleep on my face, with my face toward the ground.Behold, a hand touched me, which set me on my knees and on the palms of my hands.

I give a judgment in this: for this is expedient for you who were the first to start a year ago, not only to do, but also to be willing.

“ All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are profitable.“ All things are lawful for me,” but not all things build up.

Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision,“ Ananias!” He said,“ Behold, it’s me, Lord.”The Lord said to him,“ Arise, and go to the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judah for one named Saul, a man of Tarsus. For behold, he is praying,and in a vision he has seen a man named Ananias coming in and laying his hands on him, that he might receive his sight.”But Ananias answered,“ Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he did to your saints at Jerusalem.Here he has authority from the chief priests to bind all who call on your name.”But the Lord said to him,“ Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.For I will show him how many things he must suffer for my name’s sake.”Ananias departed and entered into the house. Laying his hands on him, he said,“ Brother Saul, the Lord, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me that you may receive your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.”

The Spirit lifted me up, and brought me in the vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to the captives. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.

The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision,“ Don’t be afraid, but speak and don’t be silent;

I went up by revelation, and I laid before them the Good News which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were respected, for fear that I might be running, or had run, in vain.

I have become foolish in boasting. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for in nothing was I inferior to the very best apostles, though I am nothing.

“ It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.And also on the servants and on the handmaids in those days, I will pour out my Spirit.

I say again, let no one think me foolish. But if so, yet receive me as foolish, that I also may boast a little.That which I speak, I don’t speak according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of boasting.Seeing that many boast after the flesh, I will also boast.For you bear with the foolish gladly, being wise.For you bear with a man if he brings you into bondage, if he devours you, if he takes you captive, if he exalts himself, or if he strikes you on the face.I speak by way of disparagement, as though we had been weak. Yet in whatever way anyone is bold( I speak in foolishness), I am bold also.Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they the offspring of Abraham? So am I.Are they servants of Christ?( I speak as one beside himself.) I am more so: in labors more abundantly, in prisons more abundantly, in stripes above measure, and in deaths often.Five times I received forty stripes minus one from the Jews.Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I suffered shipwreck. I have been a night and a day in the deep.I have been in travels often, perils of rivers, perils of robbers, perils from my countrymen, perils from the Gentiles, perils in the city, perils in the wilderness, perils in the sea, perils among false brothers;in labor and travail, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, and in cold and nakedness.Besides those things that are outside, there is that which presses on me daily: anxiety for all the assemblies.Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I don’t burn with indignation?If I must boast, I will boast of the things that concern my weakness.

“ When I had returned to Jerusalem, and while I prayed in the temple, I fell into a trance,and saw him saying to me,‘ Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not receive testimony concerning me from you.’I said,‘ Lord, they themselves know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue those who believed in you.When the blood of Stephen, your witness, was shed, I also was standing by, consenting to his death, and guarding the cloaks of those who killed him.’“ He said to me,‘ Depart, for I will send you out far from here to the Gentiles.’”

Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I don’t go away, the Counselor won’t come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.

at noon, O king, I saw on the way a light from the sky, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who traveled with me.When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language,‘ Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’“ I said,‘ Who are you, Lord?’“ He said,‘ I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.But arise, and stand on your feet, for I have appeared to you for this purpose: to appoint you a servant and a witness both of the things which you have seen, and of the things which I will reveal to you;delivering you from the people, and from the Gentiles, to whom I send you,to open their eyes, that they may turn from darkness to light and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive remission of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.’“ Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,

He said,“ Now hear my words. If there is a prophet among you, I, Yahweh, will make myself known to him in a vision. I will speak with him in a dream.

Now it was Caiaphas who advised the Jews that it was expedient that one man should perish for the people.

Now in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.In the fifth of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity,Yahweh’s word came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and Yahweh’s hand was there on him.I looked, and behold, a stormy wind came out of the north: a great cloud, with flashing lightning, and a brightness around it, and out of the middle of it as it were glowing metal, out of the middle of the fire.Out of its center came the likeness of four living creatures. This was their appearance: They had the likeness of a man.Everyone had four faces, and each one of them had four wings.Their feet were straight feet. The sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot; and they sparkled like burnished bronze.They had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides. The four of them had their faces and their wings like this:Their wings were joined to one another. They didn’t turn when they went. Each one went straight forward.As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man. The four of them had the face of a lion on the right side. The four of them had the face of an ox on the left side. The four of them also had the face of an eagle.Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above. Two wings of each one touched another, and two covered their bodies.Each one went straight forward: where the spirit was to go, they went. They didn’t turn when they went.As for the likeness of the living creatures, their appearance was like burning coals of fire, like the appearance of torches. The fire went up and down among the living creatures. The fire was bright, and lightning went out of the fire.The living creatures ran and returned as the appearance of a flash of lightning.Now as I saw the living creatures, behold, there was one wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, for each of the four faces of it.The appearance of the wheels and their work was like a beryl. The four of them had one likeness. Their appearance and their work was as it were a wheel within a wheel.When they went, they went in their four directions. They didn’t turn when they went.As for their rims, they were high and dreadful; and the four of them had their rims full of eyes all around.When the living creatures went, the wheels went beside them. When the living creatures were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up.Wherever the spirit was to go, they went. The spirit was to go there. The wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.When those went, these went. When those stood, these stood. When those were lifted up from the earth, the wheels were lifted up beside them; for the spirit of the living creature was in the wheels.Over the head of the living creature there was the likeness of an expanse, like an awesome crystal to look at, stretched out over their heads above.Under the expanse, their wings were straight, one toward the other. Each one had two which covered on this side, and each one had two which covered their bodies on that side.When they went, I heard the noise of their wings like the noise of great waters, like the voice of the Almighty, a noise of tumult like the noise of an army. When they stood, they let down their wings.There was a voice above the expanse that was over their heads. When they stood, they let down their wings.Above the expanse that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone. On the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man on it above.I saw as it were glowing metal, as the appearance of fire within it all around, from the appearance of his waist and upward; and from the appearance of his waist and downward I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness around him.As the appearance of the rainbow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. This was the appearance of the likeness of Yahweh’s glory. When I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard a voice of one that spoke.

“ All things are lawful for me,” but not all things are expedient.“ All things are lawful for me,” but I will not be brought under the power of anything.

how that by revelation the mystery was made known to me, as I wrote before in few words,