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2 Corinthians 12:7-10
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2 Corinthians 12:7-10
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7 So (A)to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations,[a] (B)a thorn was given me in the flesh, (C)a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. 8 (D)Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. 9 But he said to me, (E)“My grace is sufficient for you, for (F)my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that (G)the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 (H)For the sake of Christ, then, (I)I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For (J)when I am weak, then I am strong.
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- 2 Corinthians 12:7 Or hears from me, even because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited
2 Corinthians 12:7-10
New International Version
2 Corinthians 12:7-10
New International Version
7 or because of these surpassingly great revelations.(A) Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh,(B) a messenger of Satan,(C) to torment me. 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.(D) 9 But he said to me, “My grace(E) is sufficient for you, for my power(F) is made perfect in weakness.(G)”(H) 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(I) in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships,(J) in persecutions,(K) in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.(L)
Isaiah 40:28-31
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Isaiah 40:28-31
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28 Have you not known? Have you not heard?
The Lord is (A)the everlasting God,
the Creator of the ends of the earth.
He does not faint or grow weary;
(B)his understanding is unsearchable.
29 He gives power to the faint,
and to him who has no might he increases strength.
30 Even youths shall faint and be weary,
and young men shall fall exhausted;
31 but (C)they who wait for the Lord shall renew their strength;
they shall mount up with wings (D)like eagles;
they shall run and not be weary;
they shall walk and not faint.
Isaiah 40:28-31
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Isaiah 40:28-31
New International Version
28 Do you not know?
Have you not heard?(A)
The Lord is the everlasting(B) God,
the Creator(C) of the ends of the earth.(D)
He will not grow tired or weary,(E)
and his understanding no one can fathom.(F)
29 He gives strength(G) to the weary(H)
and increases the power of the weak.
30 Even youths grow tired and weary,
and young men(I) stumble and fall;(J)
31 but those who hope(K) in the Lord
will renew their strength.(L)
They will soar on wings like eagles;(M)
they will run and not grow weary,
they will walk and not be faint.(N)
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