2 Corinthians 12:9

⁹et dixit mihi: Sufficit tibi gratia mea: nam virtus in infirmitate perficitur. Libenter igitur gloriabor in infirmitatibus meis, ut inhabitet in me virtus Christi.c

2 Corinthians 12 is one of the most personally revealing chapters in all of Paul's letters. He reluctantly boasts about visions and revelations — including a journey to the "third heaven" — but immediately pivots to his "thorn in the flesh," a chronic affliction he begged God to

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a: v.7 — Numbers 33:55, Judges 2:3, 2 Chronicles 32:25-26, Genesis 32:31, Galatians 4:13, Daniel 5:20, 1 Corinthians 5:5, 1 Timothy 3:6, Deuteronomy 8:14, Job 2:7
b: v.8 — Hebrews 5:7, Matthew 26:39-44, 1 Samuel 15:11, Psalms 77:2-11, 2 Samuel 12:16-18, Matthew 20:21-22, Deuteronomy 3:23-27
c: v.9 — Philippians 4:13, 2 Corinthians 12:10, Isaiah 40:29-31, Ephesians 3:16, Joshua 1:9, Isaiah 43:2, Hebrews 4:16, 1 Corinthians 10:13, 2 Corinthians 3:5-6, 1 Corinthians 15:10
d: v.10 — 2 Corinthians 12:9, Ephesians 6:10, Romans 5:3, 2 Corinthians 13:4, James 1:2, 1 Peter 1:6-7, 2 Corinthians 6:4, Luke 6:22, 2 Corinthians 1:4, Acts 5:41
e: v.14 — Proverbs 19:14, Genesis 24:35-36, 1 Corinthians 10:33, Genesis 31:14-15, 1 Corinthians 10:24, Proverbs 13:22, Ezekiel 34:2, 2 Corinthians 1:15, 1 Corinthians 4:14-15, 1 Thessalonians 2:11

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