⁹ And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for ^(A)power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather ^(B)boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. ¹⁰ Therefore ^(C)I am well content with weaknesses, with ^[a]insults, with ^(D)distresses, with ^(E)persecutions and ^(F)hardships, ^(G)for the sake of Christ, for ^(H)when I am weak, then I am strong.

Concern for the Corinthian Church

¹¹ I have become ^(I)foolish; you yourselves compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you, for ^(J)in no respect was I inferior to the ^[b]most-eminent apostles, even if ^(K)I am nothing.