2 Corinthians 12:6-10
New International Version
6 Even if I should choose to boast,(A) I would not be a fool,(B) because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted by what I do or say, 7 or because of these surpassingly great revelations.(C) Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh,(D) a messenger of Satan,(E) to torment me. 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.(F) 9 But he said to me, “My grace(G) is sufficient for you, for my power(H) is made perfect in weakness.(I)”(J) 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(K) in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships,(L) in persecutions,(M) in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.(N)
2 Corinthians 12:6-10
New American Standard Bible
6 For if I do wish to boast I will not be (A)foolish, (B)for I will be speaking the truth; but I refrain from this, so that no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me.
A Thorn in the Flesh
7 Because of the extraordinary greatness of the (C)revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given to me a (D)thorn in the flesh, a (E)messenger of Satan to [a]torment me—to keep me from exalting myself! 8 Concerning this I pleaded with the Lord (F)three times that it might leave me. 9 And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for (G)power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather (H)boast [b]about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me. 10 Therefore (I)I delight in weaknesses, in [c]insults, in (J)distresses, in (K)persecutions, in (L)difficulties, (M)in behalf of Christ; for (N)when I am weak, then I am strong.
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- 2 Corinthians 12:7 Lit beat
- 2 Corinthians 12:9 Lit in
- 2 Corinthians 12:10 Or mistreatment
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