12It is necessary to boast; it is not profitable, but I will proceed to visions and revelations of the Lord. ²I know a man in Christ fourteen years ago—whether in the body I do not know, or outside the body I do not know, God knows—such a man was caught up to the third heaven, ³and I know this man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, God knows—⁴that he was caught up to paradise and heard words not to be spoken, which it is not permitted for a person to speak. ⁵On behalf of such a person I will boast, but on behalf of myself I will not boast, except in my weaknesses. ⁶For if I want to boast, I will not be foolish, because I will be telling the truth, but I am refraining, so that no one can credit to me more than what he sees in me or hears anything from me, ⁷even because of the extraordinary degree of the revelations. Therefore, so that I would not exalt myself, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan, in order that it would torment me so that I would not exalt myself. ⁸Three times I appealed to the Lord about this, that it would depart from me. ⁹And he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, because the^a power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore rather I will boast most gladly in my weaknesses, in order that the power of Christ may reside in me. ¹⁰Therefore I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in calamities, in persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.

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2 Corinthians 12:9: 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 of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

Footnotes

aA majority of later manuscripts read “my”