2 Corinthians 12 6-12

01/09 ~ From New Testament Letters

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6 - Should I wish to boast, I wouldn’t actually be a fool, for I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain from it, so that no one may think more of me than he sees in me or hears from me. 7 So to keep me from becoming puffed up [huperairó - lift self up, have exaggerated sense of self-importance] because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. 8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord that it be removed. 9 But he said, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses! So the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10 For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

     11 I have acted a fool! You forced me to do it, for I ought to have been understood by you, that I was not at all inferior to these super-apostles, even though I am no one special either. 12 The signs of a true apostle were performed among you with utmost patience, with signs and wonders and mighty works. {To promote the message, not the messengers.}

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Tomorrows verses - 2 Corinthians 12:13-21

By Necessity Paraphrased

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