favor, his grace, was greater than the difficulty caused by the thorn. Some possible models for this expression are “my kindness is all you need” (CEV) or “my grace is enough, more than enough, for you” (GNC). For my power is made perfect in weakness: literally “for power is made perfect in weakness.” Though many manuscripts read “my power,” the editors of the UBS Greek New Testament consider the possessive pronoun my to be an addition by scribes. NRSV follows the UBS Greek New Testament: “for power