2 Corinthians 12:9-11
New American Standard Bible
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 [a]about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. 10 Therefore (C)I delight in weaknesses, in [b]insults, in (D)distresses, in (E)persecutions, in (F)difficulties, (G)in behalf of Christ; for (H)when I am weak, then I am strong.
11 I have become (I)foolish; you yourselves compelled me. Actually I should have been commended by you, since I was (J)in no respect inferior to the [c]most eminent apostles, even though (K)I am a nobody.
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- 2 Corinthians 12:9 Lit in
- 2 Corinthians 12:10 Or mistreatment
- 2 Corinthians 12:11 Or super-apostles
2 Corinthians 12:9-11
New International Version
9 But he said to me, “My grace(A) is sufficient for you, for my power(B) is made perfect in weakness.(C)”(D) Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. 10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight(E) in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships,(F) in persecutions,(G) in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.(H)
Paul’s Concern for the Corinthians
11 I have made a fool of myself,(I) 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](J) even though I am nothing.(K)
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 12:11 Or the most eminent apostles
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