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2 Corinthians 12:9 — Meaning and Application
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" And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I ➔ rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. "
2 Corinthians 12:9
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And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.
For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I ➔ rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for ➔ Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
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Basic English Bible
And he said to me, My grace is enough for you, for my power is made complete in what is feeble. Most gladly, then, will I take pride in my feeble body, so that the power of Christ may be on me.
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"If thou doest well, shalt thou not be accepted? and if thou doest not well, sin lieth at the door. And unto thee shall be his desire, and thou shalt rule"
Genesis 4:13
"And Cain said, My punishment is greater than my strength."
Genesis 4:26
"And Seth had a son, and he gave him the name of Enosh: at this time men first made use of the name of the Lord in worship."
Genesis 6:8
"But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD."
Genesis 6:8
"But Noah had grace in the eyes of God."
From This Chapter
2 Corinthians 12:1
"It is ➔ not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord."
2 Corinthians 12:2
"I knew a man in Christ above ➔ fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven."
2 Corinthians 12:3
"And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)"
2 Corinthians 12:4
"How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is ➔ not lawful for a man to utter."
2 Corinthians 12:5
"Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will ➔ not glory, but in mine infirmities."
2 Corinthians 12:6
"For though I would desire to glory, I shall ➔ not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me."
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