2 Corinthians 12:10

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Therefore, I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

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  • Rom 5:3 : 3 Not only that, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance.
  • 2 Cor 13:4 : 4 For though He was crucified in weakness, He lives by the power of God. Likewise, we are weak in Him, but we will live with Him by God’s power for your benefit.
  • 2 Cor 12:9 : 9 But He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.' Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
  • 2 Cor 6:4 : 4 Instead, in everything we commend ourselves as God’s servants: in great endurance, in sufferings, in hardships, in distresses,
  • Jas 1:2 : 2 Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of various kinds,
  • 1 Pet 1:6-7 : 6 In this you rejoice greatly, though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials, 7 so that the tested genuineness of your faith—more valuable than gold that perishes though refined by fire—may result in praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
  • Phil 2:17-18 : 17 But even if I am being poured out as a drink offering upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you. 18 In the same way, you also should be glad and rejoice with me.
  • 2 Cor 5:15 : 15 And he died for all, so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for the one who died for them and was raised.
  • Luke 6:22 : 22 Blessed are you when people hate you, exclude you, insult you, and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.
  • 2 Cor 13:9 : 9 We are glad whenever we are weak but you are strong; and our prayer is that you may be fully restored.
  • Eph 6:10 : 10 Finally, be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might.
  • Phil 1:29 : 29 For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in him, but also to suffer for him,
  • John 15:21 : 21 But they will do all these things to you because of my name, for they do not know the one who sent me.
  • Acts 5:41 : 41 So they went out from the presence of the Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been counted worthy to suffer disgrace for the name.
  • 2 Cor 7:4 : 4 I have great confidence in you; I take great pride in you. I am filled with comfort; I am overflowing with joy in all our afflictions.
  • 2 Cor 10:18 : 18 For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.
  • 2 Cor 11:23-30 : 23 Are they servants of Christ? (I am out of my mind to talk like this.) I am more so: in labors more abundant, in stripes beyond measure, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often. 24 Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked; I spent a night and a day in the open sea. 26 I have been constantly on the move: in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, in dangers from my own people, in dangers from Gentiles; in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, in dangers at sea, and in dangers among false believers. 27 I have labored and toiled and often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked. 28 Apart from other things, there is the daily pressure on me of my concern for all the churches. 29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation? 30 If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.
  • Rom 8:35-39 : 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or hardship or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? 36 As it is written: 'For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.' 37 No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us. 38 For I am convinced that neither death nor life, neither angels nor rulers, neither powers, neither things present nor things to come, 39 neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
  • 1 Cor 4:10 : 10 We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, but we are dishonored!
  • 2 Cor 1:4 : 4 who comforts us in all our troubles so that we may be able to comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.
  • 2 Cor 4:5 : 5 For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
  • 2 Cor 4:8-9 : 8 We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed. 10 We always carry in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be displayed in our body. 11 For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal bodies.
  • 2 Cor 4:17 : 17 For our momentary and light affliction is producing for us an eternal weight of glory that is far beyond comparison.
  • Col 1:24 : 24 Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.
  • 2 Thess 1:4 : 4 As a result, we ourselves boast about you among the churches of God for your endurance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring.
  • 1 Pet 4:13-14 : 13 But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed. 14 If you are insulted because of the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you.
  • Rev 2:3 : 3 You have endured and have shown perseverance, and for my name’s sake, you have labored and have not grown weary.

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  • 2 Cor 12:5-9
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    5On behalf of this man I will boast, but concerning myself I will not boast, except in my weaknesses.

    6For if I desire to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, lest anyone think more of me than what they see in me or hear from me.

    7And because of the extraordinary revelations, so that I might not become conceited, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to torment me, so that I would not become conceited.

    8Concerning this, I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might depart from me.

    9But He said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.' Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

  • 2 Cor 11:29-30
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    29Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation?

    30If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.

  • 2 Cor 13:9-10
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    9We are glad whenever we are weak but you are strong; and our prayer is that you may be fully restored.

    10This is why I write these things while absent, so that when I come, I may not have to be harsh in my use of the authority that the Lord gave me for building you up, not tearing you down.

  • 2 Cor 12:11-13
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    11I have become foolish in boasting; you compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you, because I am in no way inferior to the 'super-apostles,' even though I am nothing.

    12The signs of a true apostle were performed among you with utmost patience, with signs, wonders, and miracles.

    13For in what way were you less favored than the other churches, except that I myself was not a burden to you? Forgive me this wrong!

  • 1 Cor 4:10
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    10We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are honored, but we are dishonored!

  • Eph 3:13
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    13Therefore, I ask you not to lose heart over my sufferings for you, which are for your glory.

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    12I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. In every circumstance, I have learned the secret of being content—whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in need.

    13I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

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    1We who are strong ought to bear with the weaknesses of those who are weak, and not to please ourselves.

  • 2 Cor 13:3-4
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    3Since you are looking for proof that Christ is speaking through me, who is not weak in dealing with you but is powerful among you.

    4For though He was crucified in weakness, He lives by the power of God. Likewise, we are weak in Him, but we will live with Him by God’s power for your benefit.

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    4I have great confidence in you; I take great pride in you. I am filled with comfort; I am overflowing with joy in all our afflictions.

  • Col 1:24
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    24Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.

  • 2 Tim 2:10
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    10For this reason, I endure all things for the sake of the elect, so they also may obtain salvation in Christ Jesus, along with eternal glory.

  • 2 Thess 1:4
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    4As a result, we ourselves boast about you among the churches of God for your endurance and faith in all the persecutions and trials you are enduring.

  • 2 Tim 3:11
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    11You know my persecutions and sufferings—what happened to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra—the persecutions I endured. But the Lord delivered me from all of them.

  • 2 Cor 6:4
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    4Instead, in everything we commend ourselves as God’s servants: in great endurance, in sufferings, in hardships, in distresses,

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    17Therefore, I glory in Christ Jesus in my service to God.

  • 2 Cor 10:8-10
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    8Even if I boast a little more about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed.

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    10For some say, 'His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speech is contemptible.'

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  • 2 Cor 10:1-2
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    1Now I, Paul, appeal to you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—who is humble when present among you but bold when absent.

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    30since you are experiencing the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.

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    8So do not be ashamed of the testimony about our Lord or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join with me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.

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    9For I am the least of the apostles, not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.

    10But by the grace of God, I am what I am, and his grace toward me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

  • 1 Cor 9:22-23
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    22To the weak, I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all people, so that by all possible means I might save some.

    23I do all this for the sake of the gospel, so that I may share in its blessings.

  • 2 Cor 1:8
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    8For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers and sisters, of the trouble we experienced in the province of Asia. We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired of life itself.

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    3I came to you in weakness, fear, and great trembling.

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    8For this reason, although I have great boldness in Christ to command you to do what is right,

  • 2 Cor 11:10
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    10As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia.

  • 2 Cor 11:21
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    21To my shame, I must admit that we were too weak for that! Yet whatever anyone else dares to boast about—I am speaking like a fool—I also dare to boast.

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    15But I have not made use of any of these rights, and I am not writing this to make it happen for me. I would rather die than let anyone deprive me of my reason for boasting.

  • Gal 4:13
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    13You know that it was because of a weakness in my flesh that I first preached the gospel to you.

  • 1 Pet 4:13
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    13But rejoice inasmuch as you participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed.

  • 2 Cor 11:5
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    5I do not consider myself in any way inferior to these 'super-apostles.'

  • 2 Cor 11:27
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    27I have labored and toiled and often gone without sleep; I have known hunger and thirst and have often gone without food; I have been cold and naked.

  • 2 Cor 12:15
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    15And I will most gladly spend and be utterly spent for your souls. If I love you more abundantly, am I to be loved less?

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    1So then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus.