2 Corinthians 12:9-11
New King James Version
9 And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly (A)I will rather boast in my infirmities, (B)that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 Therefore (C)I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. (D)For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Signs of an Apostle
11 I have become (E)a fool [a]in boasting; you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you; for (F)in nothing was I behind the most eminent apostles, though (G)I am nothing.
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- 2 Corinthians 12:11 NU omits in boasting
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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