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2 Corinthians 12:1-10
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Paul's Visions and His Thorn

1I must go on boasting. Though there is nothing to be gained by it, I will go on to visions and xrevelations of the Lord. 2I know a man yin Christ who fourteen years ago was zcaught up to athe third heaven—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, bGod knows. 3And I know that this man was caught up into cparadise—whether in the body or out of the body I do not know, bGod knows— 4and he heard things that cannot be told, which man may not utter. 5On behalf of this man I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, dexcept of my weaknesses— 6though if I should wish to boast, eI would not 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. 7So fto keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations,1 ga thorn was given me in the flesh, ha messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. 8iThree times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. 9But he said to me, j“My grace is sufficient for you, for kmy power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that lthe power of Christ may rest upon me. 10mFor the sake of Christ, then, nI am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For owhen I am weak, then I am strong.

Footnotes

  • 1 12:7 Or hears from me, even because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited
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The Power of Weakness

2 Corinthians 12:1–10 Sermon 43:54 ID: 0113

Limitations: The Key to Usefulness

2 Corinthians 12:1–10 Sermon Includes Transcript 35:44 ID: 2922

The Strength of Weakness

2 Corinthians 12:1 Sermon Includes Transcript 51:40 ID: 2245

The Power of Weakness

2 Corinthians 12:1–10 Sermon Includes Transcript 46:21 ID: 2179

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The Kingdom of God, Volume 2

Matthew 1:1 – Revelation 22:21 Series ID: 26802