New Testament · SCRIPTURE
2 Corinthians 12:8
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Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
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For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
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Concerning this thing, I begged the Lord three times that it might depart from me.
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Concerning this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
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Three times I entreated the Lord for this, that it might depart from me.
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2 Corinthians 12
6 Even if I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me,
7 or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.
8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
9 But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
10 That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.
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