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You are already full, you are already enriched; you have reigned without us; and I would that you did reign, that we also might reign with you. For I think that God has shown us the apostles last, as devoted to death, for we have been made a spectacle to the world, both to angels and men. For we are foolish for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; and you are glorious, but we are infamous.
since you seek a proof in me of Christ speaking, who is not weak to you but powerful in you; for though he was crucified in weakness, yet he lives by the power of God; and we also are weak in him, but live with him by the power of God in you. Try yourselves, whether you are in the faith; prove yourselves; or know you not yourselves that Christ is in you unless you are reprobates?
I write to you, fathers, because you have known him that is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I wrote to you, little children, because you have known the Father. I wrote to you, fathers, because you have known him that is from the beginning. I wrote to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God continues in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
For this I besought the Lord thrice that it might leave me. And he said to me, My grace is sufficient for you; for power is perfected in weakness. Most gladly, therefore, will I glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Wherefore I am well pleased with infirmities, with injuries, with necessities, with persecutions, with distresses for Christ; for when I am weak, then am I strong.