2 Corinthians 12:9-11
1599 Geneva Bible
9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect through weakness. [a]Very gladly therefore will I rejoice rather in mine infirmities, that the power of Christ may [b]dwell in me.
10 Therefore I take [c]pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in anguish for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
11 I was a fool to boast myself: ye have compelled me: [d]for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing was I inferior unto the very chief Apostles, though I be nothing.
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- 2 Corinthians 12:9 He concludeth, that he will only see his miseries against the vain brags of the false apostles, and therewith also excuseth himself, for that by their importunity, he was constrained to speak so much of these things as he did: to wit, because that if his Apostleship were subverted his doctrine must needs fall.
- 2 Corinthians 12:9 That I might feel the virtue of Christ more and more: For the weaker that our tabernacles are, the more doth Christ’s virtue appear in them.
- 2 Corinthians 12:10 I do not only take them patiently and with a good heart, but also I take great pleasure in them.
- 2 Corinthians 12:11 Again he maketh the Corinthians witnesses of those things whereby God had sealed his Apostleship amongst them, and again he desireth by certain arguments, how far he is from all covetousness, and also how he is affectioned towards them.
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