2 Corinthians 12:10-12

Expanded Bible

¹⁰ For this reason I am ·happy [pleased; content] when I have weaknesses, insults, ·hard times [times of need], ·sufferings [persecutions], and ·all kinds of troubles [distress] ·for [for the sake of] Christ. Because when I am weak, then I am truly strong.

Paul’s Love for the Christians

¹¹ I have ·been talking like [^Lbecome] a fool, but you ·made me [compelled me to] do it. You are the ones who should ·say good things about [have commended] me. Even if I am ·worth nothing [^Lnothing], I am not at all inferior to those “·great [super-] apostles.”

¹² ·When I was with you, I patiently did the things that prove I am an apostle [^LThe signs of an apostle were performed among you, with all patience/perseverance]—signs, wonders, and ·miracles [powerful deeds].