Study it in the app“Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions and distresses, for the sake of the Messiah; for when I am weak, then I am strong.”
Paul, with his thorn in the flesh, hears: "My grace is enough for you"ProvidencePaul begs three times for his thorn to be taken away and hears: “My grace is enough for you”Suffering and Trials
ThereforeδιὸI take pleasureεὐδοκῶinἐνweaknesses,ἀσθενείαιςinἐνinsults,ὕβρεσινinἐνhardships,ἀνάγκαιςinἐνpersecutionsδιωγμοῖςandκαὶdistresses,στενοχωρίαιςfor the sake ofὑπὲρthe Messiah;ΧριστοῦforγὰρwhenὅτανI am weak,ἀσθενῶthenτότεI amεἰμιstrong.δυνατός
therefore
"Therefore", "for this reason".
Where else “dio” appearsbe pleased
To delight in someone, as the Father in his Son.
Where else “eudokō” appearsweakness
Lack of strength.
Where else “astheneiais” appearsinsult
Offensive, violent treatment.
Where else “hybresin” appearsdistress
A time of trouble and suffering.
Where else “anankais” appearspersecution
Persecution.
Where else “diōgmois” appearsdistress
Distress, anguish: being hemmed in with no way out.
Where else “stenochōriais” appearsMessiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christou” appearswhen, whenever
When, whenever.
Where else “hotan” appearsbe weak
To have no strength, falter in faith.
Where else “asthenō” appearsthen
Then, at that time.
Where else “tote” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “eimi” appearsmighty
One who has strength and ability to act.
Where else “dynatos” appears9And he has said to me, “My grace is enough for you, for power is made complete in weakness.” So most gladly I will boast all the more in my weaknesses, so that the power of the Messiah may dwell upon me.
10 · This verse (above)
11I have become a fool; you forced me to it. For I ought to have been commended by you; for I fell short in nothing of those super-apostles, even though I am nothing.
