2 Corinthians 12:10
Greek Text— 2 Corinthians 12:10Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in injuries, in necessities, in persecutions, and in distresses, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then am I strong.
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Don’t you be afraid, for I am with you. Don’t be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you. Yes, I will help you. Yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.
I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.
I have been crucified with Christ, and it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me. That life which I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself up for me.
that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,
Let’s not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don’t give up.
No temptation has taken you except what is common to man. God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted above what you are able, but will with the temptation also make the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might
Blessed is a person who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.
Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned, and flame will not scorch you.
Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”
On behalf of such a one I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except in my weaknesses.
If then you were raised together with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated on the right hand of God.
But may the God of all grace, who called you to his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a little while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.
Yahweh is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Yahweh is the strength of my life. Of whom shall I be afraid?
Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.
For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which will be revealed toward us.
who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.
By this God’s love was revealed in us, that God has sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
Yet now be strong, Zerubbabel,’ says Yahweh. ‘Be strong, Joshua, son of Jehozadak, the high priest. Be strong, all you people of the land,’ says Yahweh, ‘and work, for I am with you,’ says Yahweh of Armies.
Let’s therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and may find grace for help in time of need.
The grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
Haven’t I commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid. Don’t be dismayed, for Yahweh your God is with you wherever you go.”
For his anger is but for a moment. His favor is for a lifetime. Weeping may stay for the night, but joy comes in the morning.
Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but Yahweh delivers him out of them all.
Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
“Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
for I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries will not be able to withstand or to contradict.
strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy,
Give diligence to present yourself approved by God, a workman who doesn’t need to be ashamed, properly handling the Word of Truth.
Wherein you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved in various trials,
Jonathan, Saul’s son, arose, and went to David into the woods, and strengthened his hand in God.
“Comfort, comfort my people,” says your God.
but those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.
Not only this, but we also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance;
Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.
even as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of the many, that they may be saved.
But by the grace of God I am what I am. His grace which was given to me was not futile, but I worked more than all of them; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
Therefore we know no one after the flesh from now on. Even though we have known Christ after the flesh, yet now we know him so no more.
For he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we will live with him through the power of God toward you.
If we live by the Spirit, let’s also walk by the Spirit.
Therefore I endure all things for the chosen ones’ sake, that they also may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.
But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, that through me the message might be fully proclaimed, and that all the Gentiles might hear. So I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, grew mighty in war, and caused foreign armies to flee.
Finally, all of you be like-minded, compassionate, loving as brothers, tenderhearted, courteous,
But you be strong, and don’t let your hands be slack; for your work will be rewarded.”
Haven’t you known? Haven’t you heard? The everlasting God, Yahweh, the Creator of the ends of the earth, doesn’t faint. He isn’t weary. His understanding is unsearchable.
Yahweh, your God, is among you, a mighty one who will save. He will rejoice over you with joy. He will calm you in his love. He will rejoice over you with singing.
You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake, but he who endures to the end will be saved.
teaching them to observe all things that I commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.
that your faith wouldn’t stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
For as the sufferings of Christ abound to us, even so our comfort also abounds through Christ.
which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.
You therefore, my child, be strengthened in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.
knowing that the testing of your faith produces endurance.
Because Christ also suffered for sins once, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring you to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the Spirit,
For to this end the Good News was preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed as men in the flesh, but live as to God in the spirit.
Everyone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.
Jesus said, “Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News,
to grant to us that we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, should serve him without fear,
Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.
not that we are sufficient of ourselves, to account anything as from ourselves; but our sufficiency is from God,
This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that you no longer walk as the rest of the Gentiles also walk, in the futility of their mind,
But if one of you suffers for being a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God in this matter.
We are pressed on every side, yet not crushed; perplexed, yet not to despair;
but in everything commending ourselves, as servants of God, in great endurance, in afflictions, in hardships, in distresses,
He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.
Count it all joy, my brothers, when you fall into various temptations,
Blessed are you when men hate you, and when they exclude and mock you, and throw out your name as evil, for the Son of Man’s sake.
For whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed, when he comes in his glory, and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels.
Yet, looking to the promise of God, he didn’t waver through unbelief, but grew strong through faith, giving glory to God,
Now I beg you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, that you strive together with me in your prayers to God for me,
He died for all, that those who live should no longer live to themselves, but to him who for their sakes died and rose again.
For we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. We also pray for this: your becoming perfect.
Finally, be strong in the Lord, and in the strength of his might.
I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, “Your eyes have seen all that Yahweh your God has done to these two kings. So shall Yahweh do to all the kingdoms where you go over.
For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake and the sake of the Good News will save it.
Blessed are you who hunger now, for you will be filled. Blessed are you who weep now, for you will laugh.
Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did the same thing to the prophets.
You will be hated by all men for my name’s sake.
But they will do all these things to you for my name’s sake, because they don’t know him who sent me.
They therefore departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer dishonor for Jesus’ name.
But these things don’t count; nor do I hold my life dear to myself, so that I may finish my race with joy, and the ministry which I received from the Lord Jesus, to fully testify to the Good News of the grace of God.
We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You have honor, but we have dishonor.
who comforts us in all our affliction, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, through the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God.
For we don’t preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake,
For our light affliction, which is for the moment, works for us more and more exceedingly an eternal weight of glory,
Great is my boldness of speech toward you. Great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort. I overflow with joy in all our affliction.
For it isn’t he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.
Because it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ, not only to believe in him, but also to suffer on his behalf,
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and fill up on my part that which is lacking of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body’s sake, which is the assembly,
so that we ourselves boast about you in the assemblies of God for your perseverance and faith in all your persecutions and in the afflictions which you endure.
partly, being exposed to both reproaches and oppressions; and partly, becoming partakers with those who were treated so.
considering the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt; for he looked to the reward.
They were stoned. They were sawn apart. They were tempted. They were slain with the sword. They went around in sheep skins and in goat skins; being destitute, afflicted, ill-treated—
Let’s therefore go out to him outside of the camp, bearing his reproach.
But even if you should suffer for righteousness’ sake, you are blessed. “Don’t fear what they fear, neither be troubled.”
If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed; because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. On their part he is blasphemed, but on your part he is glorified.
You have perseverance and have endured for my name’s sake, and have not grown weary.
Now we who are strong ought to bear the weaknesses of the weak, and not to please ourselves.