2 Corinthians 12:12 (GNV)

Passage

The signes of an Apostle were wrought among you with all patience, with signes, and wonders, and great workes.

Nearby Context

2 Corinthians 12:10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproches, in necessities, in persecutions, in anguish for Christes sake: for when I am weake, then am I strong.

2 Corinthians 12:11 I was a foole to boast my selfe: yee haue compelled mee: for I ought to haue bene commended of you: for in nothing was I inferiour vnto the very chiefe Apostles, though I bee nothing.

2 Corinthians 12:12 The signes of an Apostle were wrought among you with all patience, with signes, and wonders, and great workes.

2 Corinthians 12:13 For what is it, wherein yee were inferiours vnto other Churches, except that I haue not bene slouthfull to your hinderance? forgiue me this wrong.

2 Corinthians 12:14 Behold, the thirde time I am ready to come vnto you, and yet will I not be slouthfull to your hinderance: for I seeke not yours, but you: for the children ought not to laye vp for the fathers, but the fathers for the children.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "signes", "apostle", "wrought", "patience", "wonders", "great", and "workes". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "signes" and "apostle", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "I was a foole to boast my..." into verse 13's "For what is it wherein yee were...", so "signes" and "apostle" belong inside that flow. In 2 Corinthians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "signes" and "apostle" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.