⁵ I will boast about a man like that, but I will not boast about myself, except about my weaknesses.^(A)

³⁰ If I must boast, I will boast^(A) of the things that show my weakness.^(B)

³ I came to you^(A) in weakness^(B) with great fear and trembling.^(C)

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)