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2 Corinthians 12:10-12
New King James Version
2 Corinthians 12:10-12
New King James Version
10 Therefore (A)I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. (B)For when I am weak, then I am strong.
Signs of an Apostle
11 I have become (C)a fool [a]in boasting; you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you; for (D)in nothing was I behind the most eminent apostles, though (E)I am nothing. 12 (F)Truly the signs of an apostle were accomplished among you with all perseverance, in signs and (G)wonders and mighty (H)deeds.
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- 2 Corinthians 12:11 NU omits in boasting
2 Corinthians 12:10-12
New International Version
2 Corinthians 12:10-12
New International Version
10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight(A) in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships,(B) in persecutions,(C) in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.(D)
Paul’s Concern for the Corinthians
11 I have made a fool of myself,(E) 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](F) even though I am nothing.(G) 12 I persevered in demonstrating among you the marks of a true apostle, including signs, wonders and miracles.(H)
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- 2 Corinthians 12:11 Or the most eminent apostles
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