 | John R. W. Stott - 1961 - 132 pagini
...him, adding, 'my power is made perfect in weakness'. Once persuaded of this, the Apostle could say: 'I will all the more gladly boast of my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me', and again 'for when I am weak, then I am strong' (2 Cor. 12:7-10). I cannot help wondering... | |
 | Thomas N. Hart - 1980 - 136 pagini
...had a kind of conversion experience, acquiesced in the mystery of God's ways, and ended by saying: 1 will all the more gladly boast of my weaknesses, that...persecutions, and calamities; for when I am weak, then I am strong (2 Cor 12:9-10). The helper is sacrament for the other. Like all sacraments we are inadequate... | |
 | Peter F. Ellis - 1982 - 302 pagini
...me; 'but he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." I will all the more gladly boast of my weaknesses,...persecutions, and calamities; for when I am weak, then I am strong. Commentary 11:1 I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness. The Corinthians have... | |
 | Charles B. Cousar - 1982 - 180 pagini
...a more aggressive group of antagonists at Corinth who were accusing him of cowardice, Paul writes, "I will all the more gladly boast of my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me" (II Cor. 12:9). Without denying the perplexities during his times of affliction and even acknowledging... | |
 | H. L. Ellison - 1982 - 220 pagini
...question, "Who am I?" was a mere recognition of fact. He had yet to learn the meaning of Paul's claim, "I will all the more gladly boast of my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me" (2 Cor. 12:9). God's answer was, "1 will be with you"; more was not needed; see Matt. 28:20.... | |
 | John L. Guest - 1984 - 36 pagini
...are sinners no longer, but perfect creations. From God's perspective weakness is power. Paul wrote: "For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses,...persecutions, and calamities; for when I am weak, then I am strong" (2 Cor 12:10). From God's perspective poverty is wealth; in God's eyes the meek are leaders;... | |
 | Fred O. Francis, J. Paul Sampley - 1984 - 420 pagini
...me; 'but he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." I will all the more gladly boast of my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions,... | |
 | Donald Senior - 1991 - 420 pagini
...death: "The Lord said to me, 4My grace is sufficient for you for my power is made perfect in weakness. ' I will all the more gladly boast of my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me" (1I Cor 12:7-1 1 ). To the Galatians Paul would express once more the baffling logic of the... | |
 | 1986 - 224 pagini
...human weakness. "I will all the more gladly boast of my weaknesses," he told the Corinthians, "that the power of Christ may rest upon me. For the sake of...persecutions, and calamities; for when I am weak, then I am strong" (2 Cor. 12:9-10). Peter picks up the same theme, reminding us that the genuineness of our faith... | |
 | Stanley B. Marrow - 1986 - 292 pagini
...congenial to sidestep, and what their unsurprisingly successful missionaries rejected out of hand: I will all the more gladly boast of my weaknesses,...me. For the sake of Christ, then, I am content with weakness, insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities; for when I am weak, then I am strong (2... | |
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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. 
