2 Corinthians 12:7-10

English Standard Version

⁷So ^(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. ⁹But 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

Isaiah 40:28-31

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²⁸Have 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.
²⁹He gives power to the faint,
    and to him who has no might he increases strength.
³⁰Even youths shall faint and be weary,
    and young men shall fall exhausted;
³¹but ^(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.