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2 Corinthians 12:10-12
New Testament for Everyone
2 Corinthians 12:10-12
New Testament for Everyone
10 So I’m delighted when I’m weak, insulted, in difficulties, persecuted and facing disasters, for the Messiah’s sake. When I’m weak, you see, then I am strong.
The signs of a true apostle
11 I’ve been a fool! You forced me into it. If I was to have received an official commendation, it ought actually to have come from you! After all, I’m not inferior to the super-apostles, even though I am nothing. 12 The signs of a true apostle, you see, were performed among you in all patience, with signs and wonders and powers.
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2 Corinthians 12:10-12
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2 Corinthians 12:10-12
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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)
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 12:11 Or the most eminent apostles
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