2 CORINTHIANS 12:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 2
“And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.”
But he said to me, 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me — the *divine response* invokes *charis*, grace, *arkéō*, sufficient/adequate. God's *dýnamis*, power, is *teleióō*, brought to completion/perfection, in *astheneia*, weakness. The *telos*, end, of prayer is not *removal of the thorn* but *participation in divine power through acceptance of weakness*.
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