¹⁰ That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight^(A) in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships,^(B) in persecutions,^(C) in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.^(D)

Paul’s Concern for the Corinthians

¹¹ I have made a fool of myself,^(E) but you drove me to it. I ought to have been commended by you, for I am not in the least inferior to the “super-apostles,”^[a](F) even though I am nothing.^{(G) 12} I persevered in demonstrating among you the marks of a true apostle, including signs, wonders and miracles.^(H)