⁸ Three times I appealed to the Lord about this, that it would depart from me. ⁹ And he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, because the^[a] power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore rather I will boast most gladly in my weaknesses, in order that the power of Christ may reside in me. ¹⁰ Therefore I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in calamities, in persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.