2 Corinthians 12:10

2 Corinthians 12:10

8 ^aConcerning this thing I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me.

9 And He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore most gladly ^aI will rather boast in my infirmities, ^bthat the power of Christ may rest upon me.

10 Therefore ^aI take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in needs, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ’s sake. ^bFor when I am weak, then I am strong.

Signs of an Apostle

11 I have become ^aa fool in boasting; you have compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you; for ^bin nothing was I behind the most eminent apostles, though ^cI am nothing.

12 ^aTruly the signs of an apostle were accomplished among you with all perseverance, in signs and ^bwonders and mighty ^cdeeds.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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take pleasure in—too strongly. Rather as the Greek, "I am well contented in."

infirmities—the genus. Two pairs of species follow, partly coming from "Satan's messenger," partly from men.

reproaches—"insults."

when—in all the cases just specified.

then—then especially.

strong—"powerful" in "the power of Christ" (II Corinthians 12:9; II Corinthians 13:4; Hebrews 11:34).

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