2 Corinthians 12:10

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.

I take

In infirmities

2 Corinthians 11:23

For christ's

For when

2 Corinthians 12:9

2 Corinthians 13:4

Ephesians 6:10

General references

1 Corinthians 2:3

Hebrews 13:13

Bible References

I take

who ever comforts me in all my troubles, so that I may be continually able to comfort those who are in any trouble by the comfort with which God is ever comforting me.

On every side I am hard pressed, yet not hemmed in; perplexed, but not in despair;

Great is my faith in you; great is my cheerful assurance in you. I am filled with comfort; in spite of all my troubles, my heart is overflowing with joy.

So they left Sanhedrin, rejoicing that they had been deemed worthy to suffer disgrace for the sake of the Name;

And not only so, but we are actually exulting also even in our troubles; for we know that trouble works fortitude,

What shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall anguish, or calamity, or persecution, or famine? Shall nakedness, or peril, or sword?

For it has been granted you in Christ's behalf, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake,

Nay, even if my life is to be poured out as a libation upon the sacrifice and service of you faith,

I am now rejoicing in my sufferings on your behalf; and I am filling up in my own body what is yet lacking of the sufferings of Christ in behalf of the church, his Body.

My brothers, when you are beset by various temptations, count it all joy,

Exult in this, though now for a brief moment, if need be, you have suffered many hardships.

But be glad in the degree in which you share in the sufferings of Christ; so that when his glory shall be revealed, you too may be glad with triumphant gladness.

In infirmities

Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as though I were beside myself), such, far, more, am I; in labors more abundant, in imprisonments also more abundant, in floggings beyond measure, in deaths often.

For christ's

It is not myself that I proclaim, but Christ Jesus as Master, and myself that I proclaim, and myself your slave for Jesus' sake.

For a man is proved worthy, not by his self-commendation, but when he is commended by the Lord.

"Blessed are you when men shall hate you, And excommunicate you and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil because of the Son of man.

"But they will do all these things to you for my name's sake, because they know not Him who sent me.

For Christ's sake we are fools, but you are quite philosophic in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong; you are honorable, but we are outcast.

You are holding fast, and have borne up for my name's sake, and have not grown weary.

For when

but he has answered me. "My grace is sufficient for you; it is in weakness that my power is perfected."

For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he now lives through the power of God. I also am weak, sharing in his weakness, but I shall live with him by the power of God.

Finally, my brothers, let your hearts be strengthened in the Lord, and in the power of his might.

General references

In weakness and fear and great trembling came I among you.

Let us then go forth to him outside the camp, bearing his reproach.