2 Corinthians 12:9

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And he sayde vnto me: My grace is sufficient for thee. For my strength is made perfect in weakenesse. Most gladly therfore, I wyll rather glorie in my infirmities, that the power of Christ myght dwell in me.

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  • 2 Cor 12:10 : 10 Therfore haue I delectation in infirmities, in rebukes, in necessities, in persecutions, in anguishes for Christes sake: For when I am weake, then am I strong.
  • Phil 4:13 : 13 I can do all thynges through Christe, which strengtheneth me.
  • Eph 3:16 : 16 That he would graunt you, according to the rychesse of his glorie, to be strengthed with myght by his spirite in the inner man.
  • Isa 40:29-31 : 29 It is he that geueth strength vnto the weerie, and power vnto the faint. 30 Children are weerie and faint, and the strongest men fall: 31 But vnto them that haue their trust in the Lorde, shall strength be increased: Egles winges shall growe vpon them, when they runne they shall not fall, and when they go they shall not be weerie.
  • 1 Cor 10:13 : 13 There hath no temptation taken you, but such as foloweth the nature of man: But God is faythfull, which shall not suffer you to be tempted aboue your strength: but shall with the temptation make away that ye maye be able to beare it.
  • Isa 43:2 : 2 If thou goest thorow ye water, I wyl be with thee, the strong fluddes shal not ouerwhelme thee: and if thou walkest thorowe the fire, it shall not burne thee, & the flambe shal not kindle vpon thee:
  • 2 Cor 12:5 : 5 Of such a man wyll I glorie, yet of my selfe wyll I not glorie, but in myne infirmities.
  • 1 Pet 4:13-14 : 13 But reioyce, in as much as ye are partakers of Christes passions: that when his glory appeareth, ye maye be mery and glad. 14 Yf ye be rayled vpon for the name of Christe, happy are ye. For the spirite of glory and of God, resteth vpon you: On their part he is euyll spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.
  • Heb 4:16 : 16 Let vs therfore come boldly vnto the throne of grace, that we may obteyne mercie, and fynde grace to helpe in time of neede.
  • 2 Cor 3:5-6 : 5 Not that we are sufficiet of our selues to thynke any thyng as of our selues: but our ablenesse is of God, 6 Which hath made vs able ministers of the newe testament, not of the letter, but of the spirite: For the letter kylleth, but the spirite geueth lyfe.
  • Deut 33:25-27 : 25 Thy shoes shalbe iron and brasse, and thy strength shall continue as long as thou lyuest. 26 There is none lyke vnto the God of Israel, which though he syt vpon the heauen as vpon an horse yet is he thine helper, whose glorie is in the celestiall places. 27 The eternall God is thy refuge, and vnder the armes of the euerlastyng God shalt thou lyue: He shall cast out the enemie before thee, and say, destroy them.
  • 1 Tim 1:14 : 14 Neuerthelesse, the grace of our Lorde was exceedyng aboundaunt, with faith and loue, which is in Christe Iesus.
  • Luke 21:15 : 15 For I wyll geue you a mouth, and wysedome, where agaynst, all your aduersaries shall not be able to speake nor resist.
  • Josh 1:9 : 9 Haue not I comaunded thee, that thou shouldest be strong & hardie, and not feare nor be faint hearted? For I the Lorde thy God am with thee, whyther soeuer thou goest.
  • Exod 4:10-15 : 10 Moyses sayd vnto the Lorde: Oh my Lord, I am neither yesterday nor yer yesterday a man eloquet, neither sence thou hast spoken vnto thy seruaunt: but I am slowe mouthed, & slowe tounged. 11 And the Lorde sayd vnto hym: who hath made mans mouth? or who maketh the dumbe, or deafe, the seyng, or the blynde? Haue not I the Lorde? 12 And nowe go, and I wyll be with thy mouth, and teache thee what thou shalt say. 13 He said: oh my Lorde, sende I pray thee, by the hande of hym whom thou wylt sende. 14 And the Lorde was angry with Moyses, and sayde: Do not I knowe Aaron thy brother the Leuite, that he can speake? For lo, he commeth foorth to meete thee: and when he seeth thee, he wyll be glad in his heart. 15 Therfore thou shalt speake vnto him, and put these wordes in his mouth, and I wilbe with thy mouth, and with his mouth: and wyll teache you what you ought to do.
  • Matt 5:11-12 : 11 Blessed are ye, whe (men) reuyle you, and persecute (you) and, lying, shall say all maner of euyll saying agaynst you, for my sake. 12 Reioyce, and be glad: for great is your rewarde in heauen. For so persecuted they the prophetes, whiche were before you.
  • Matt 10:19-20 : 19 But whe they delyuer you vp, take ye no thought, how or what ye shal speake. For it shalbe geuen you, euen in that same houre, what ye shall speake. 20 For it is not ye that speake, but ye spirite of your father, which speaketh in you.
  • Isa 35:3-4 : 3 And therfore strength the weake handes, and comfort the feeble knees. 4 Say vnto them that are of a fearfull heart, be of good cheare and feare not, beholde your God commeth to take vengeaunce, and you shall see the rewarde that God geueth: God commeth his owne selfe, and wyll delyuer you.
  • Dan 10:16-19 : 16 And beholde, there touched my lippes one very lyke vnto a man: then opened I my mouth and spake, and saide vnto him that stoode before me, O my lorde, by the vision my ioyntes are turned out of their place, and I haue reteyned no strength. 17 For howe can the seruaunt of this my Lorde, talke with my Lorde being such a one? And as for me, straight way there remayned no strength in me, neither is there breath left in me. 18 Then there came againe and touched me one lyke the appearaunce of a man, and he strengthened me: 19 And saide, O man greatly beloued feare not, peace be vnto thee, be strong and of good courage. So when he had spoken vnto me, I was strengthened and saide, Speake on my Lorde: for thou hast strengthened me.
  • 1 Cor 15:10 : 10 But by the grace of God, I am that I am: And his grace which is in me, was not in vayne: But I laboured more aboundauntly then they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which is with me.
  • Heb 11:34 : 34 Quenched the violence of fyre, escaped the edge of the sworde, out of weakenesse were made strong, wared valiant in fyght, turned to flyght the armies of the aliantes.
  • Col 1:11 : 11 Strenthened with all might, through his glorious power, vnto all patience and long sufferyng with ioyfulnesse:
  • Col 1:28-29 : 28 Whom we preache, warnyng euery man, and teachyng euery man in all wisdome, to present all men perfect in Christe Iesus: 29 Wherunto I also labour striuyng, according to his workyng which worketh in me mightylie.
  • 1 Cor 2:5 : 5 That your fayth should not stande in the wisedome of men, but in the power of God.
  • Zeph 3:17 : 17 For the Lorde thy God in the mids of thee is mightie, he will saue thee he wil reioyce ouer thee with ioy, he wil quiet him selfe in his loue, he will reioyce ouer thee with gladnesse.
  • Matt 28:20 : 20 Teachyng the to obserue all thynges, whatsoeuer I haue commaunded you. And loe, I am with you alway, euen vnto the ende of the worlde.
  • Jer 1:6-9 : 6 Then sayde I: O Lorde God, I can not speake, for I am yet but young. 7 And the Lorde aunswered me thus: Say not so, I am to young: for thou shalt go to all that I shall sende thee vnto, and whatsoeuer I commaunde thee, that shalt thou speake. 8 Be not afrayde of their faces: for I am with thee to deliuer thee, saith the Lorde. 9 And with that the Lorde stretched out his hande and touched my mouth: and the same Lorde sayde vnto me, Beholde, I put my wordes in thy mouth.
  • Ps 8:2 : 2 Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklinges thou hast layde the foundation of thy strength for thyne aduersaries sake: that thou mightest styll the enemie and the auenger.
  • Isa 4:5-6 : 5 And vpon all the dwellynges of the hylles of Sion, and vpon her congregations, the Lord shall create a cloude and smoke by day, and the shynyng of a flamyng fire by night: for all the glorie shalbe preserued. 6 And there shalbe a tabernacle for a shadowe in the day time from the heat, & a safe place and refuge from weather and rayne.
  • Isa 41:13-16 : 13 For I the Lorde thy God wyll strengthen thy right hande, euen I that say vnto thee, Feare not, I wyll helpe thee. 14 Be not afraide thou litle worme Iacob, and thou despised Israel: for I wil helpe thee saith the Lorde, and the holy one of Israel thy redeemer. 15 Beholde, I will make thee a treading cart and a newe flaile, that thou mayest threshe and grinde the mountaines, and bring the hilles to powder. 16 Thou shalt fanne them, and the winde shall carrie them away, and the whirle winde shall scatter them: but thou shalt reioyce in the Lorde, and shalt delight in the holy one of Israel.
  • Matt 28:18 : 18 And Iesus came, and spake vnto the, saying: All power is geuen vnto me in heauen and in earth.
  • 2 Cor 11:30 : 30 If I must needes glory, I wyll glory of the thynges that concerne myne infirmities.
  • 2 Cor 12:15 : 15 I wyll very gladly bestowe, & wylbe bestowed for your sakes, though the more aboundauntly I loue you, the lesse I am loued agayne.
  • Isa 11:2 : 2 The spirite of the Lorde shall rest vpon him, the spirite of wysdome and vnderstanding, the spirite of counsaile and strength, the spirite of knowledge and of the feare of the Lorde,
  • 2 Kgs 2:15 : 15 And when the childre of the prophetes which were at Iericho sawe him from a farre, they sayde, The spirite of Elias doth rest on Elisa: And they came to meete him, and fel to the grounde before him,
  • Exod 3:11-12 : 11 And Moyses saide vnto God: what am I to go vnto Pharao, and to bryng the chyldren of Israel out of Egypt? 12 And he aunswered. For I wyll be with thee: and this shalbe a token vnto thee that I haue sent thee, After that thou hast brought the people out of Egypt, ye shall serue God vpon this moutayne.

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