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2 Corinthians 13 4
For he was crucified in weakness, but he lives by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but in dealing with you we will live with him by God’s power.
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2 Corinthians 11 29-2 Corinthians 11 30
Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation?If boasting is necessary, I will boast about my weaknesses.
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2 Corinthians 12 5-2 Corinthians 12 10
I will boast about this person, but not about myself, except of my weaknesses.For if I want to boast, I wouldn’t be a fool, because I would be telling the truth. But I will spare you, so that no one can credit me with something beyond what he sees in me or hears from me,especially because of the extraordinary revelations. Therefore, so that I would not exalt myself, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to torment me so that I would not exalt myself.Concerning this, I pleaded with the Lord three times that it would leave me.But he said to me,“ My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me.So I take pleasure in weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and in difficulties, for the sake of Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
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2 Corinthians 10 1
Now I, Paul, myself, appeal to you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ— I who am humble among you in person but bold toward you when absent.
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2 Corinthians 13 9
We rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. We also pray that you become fully mature.
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2 Corinthians 7 5
In fact, when we came into Macedonia, we had no rest. Instead, we were troubled in every way: conflicts on the outside, fears within.
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2 Corinthians 6 4
Instead, as God’s ministers, we commend ourselves in everything: by great endurance, by afflictions, by hardships, by difficulties,
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Acts 17:6-12
When they did not find them, they dragged Jason and some of the brothers before the city officials, shouting,“ These men who have turned the world upside down have come here too,and Jason has welcomed them. They are all acting contrary to Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king— Jesus.”The crowd and city officials who heard these things were upset.After taking a security bond from Jason and the others, they released them.As soon as it was night, the brothers and sisters sent Paul and Silas away to Berea. Upon arrival, they went into the synagogue of the Jews.The people here were of more noble character than those in Thessalonica, since they received the word with eagerness and examined the Scriptures daily to see if these things were so.Consequently, many of them believed, including a number of the prominent Greek women as well as men.
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Acts 18:6
When they resisted and blasphemed, he shook out his clothes and told them,“ Your blood is on your own heads! I am innocent. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.”
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2 Corinthians 4 1
Therefore, since we have this ministry because we were shown mercy, we do not give up.
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2 Corinthians 4 16
Therefore we do not give up. Even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person is being renewed day by day.
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2 Corinthians 4 7-2 Corinthians 4 12
Now we have this treasure in clay jars, so that this extraordinary power may be from God and not from us.We are afflicted in every way but not crushed; we are perplexed but not in despair;we are persecuted but not abandoned; we are struck down but not destroyed.We always carry the death of Jesus in our body, so that the life of Jesus may also be displayed in our body.For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus’s sake, so that Jesus’s life may also be displayed in our mortal flesh.So then, death is at work in us, but life in you.
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Acts 20:18-19
When they came to him, he said to them,“ You know, from the first day I set foot in Asia, how I was with you the whole time,serving the Lord with all humility, with tears, and during the trials that came to me through the plots of the Jews.
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2 Corinthians 10 10
For it is said,“ His letters are weighty and powerful, but his physical presence is weak and his public speaking amounts to nothing.”
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1 Corinthians 4 10-1 Corinthians 4 13
We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, but we are dishonored!Up to the present hour we are both hungry and thirsty; we are poorly clothed, roughly treated, homeless;we labor, working with our own hands. When we are reviled, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it;when we are slandered, we respond graciously. Even now, we are like the scum of the earth, like everyone’s garbage.
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Galatians 4:13-14
you know that previously I preached the gospel to you because of a weakness of the flesh.You did not despise or reject me though my physical condition was a trial for you. On the contrary, you received me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus himself.
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Acts 18:12
While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack against Paul and brought him to the tribunal.
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Acts 17:1
After they passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue.
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Acts 18:1
After this, he left Athens and went to Corinth,