2 Corinthians 12:10

For Christ's sake Paul takes pleasure in weaknesses and hardships, because when he is weak, then he is strong. It matters because it reveals the paradox at the heart of Christian power: dependence on Christ, not self-sufficiency.

Cross-references · 27

• 2 Cor 12:9And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
• Eph 6:10Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might.
• Rom 5:3And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience;
• 2 Cor 13:4For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.
• Jas 1:2My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;
• 1 Pet 1:6–7Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations:
• 2 Cor 6:4But in all things approving ourselves as the ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,
• Luke 6:22Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man’s sake.
• 2 Cor 1:4Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
• Acts 5:41And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
• John 15:21But all these things will they do unto you for my name’s sake, because they know not him that sent me.
• 2 Cor 13:9For we are glad, when we are weak, and ye are strong: and this also we wish, even your perfection.
• 2 Cor 4:17For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
• 2 Cor 5:15And that he died for all, that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him which died for them, and rose again.
• 1 Cor 4:10We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.
• Phil 1:29For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
• Rev 2:3And hast borne, and hast patience, and for my name’s sake hast laboured, and hast not fainted.
• 2 Cor 10:18For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
• Rom 8:35–39Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?
• 1 Pet 4:13–14But rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ’s sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
• 2 Th 1:4So that we ourselves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye endure:
• 2 Cor 4:8–11We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair;
• Phil 2:17–18Yea, and if I be offered upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I joy, and rejoice with you all.
• 2 Cor 7:4Great is my boldness of speech toward you, great is my glorying of you: I am filled with comfort, I am exceeding joyful in all our tribulation.
• Col 1:24Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the church:
• 2 Cor 4:5For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.
• 2 Cor 11:23–30Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.

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