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but he told me, My grace is enough for thee; my strength finds its full scope in thy weakness. More than ever, then, I delight to boast of the weaknesses that humiliate me, so that the strength of Christ may enshrine itself in me. (2 Corinthians 12, 9)
I am well content with these humiliations of mine, with the insults, the hardships, the persecutions, the times of difficulty I undergo for Christ; when I am weakest, then I am strongest of all. (2 Corinthians 12, 10)
Ah, you say, that may be; I did not lay any charge on you myself, but I preyed upon you by roundabout means, like the knave I am. (2 Corinthians 12, 16)
You have been telling one another, all this while, that we are defending our conduct to you. Rather, we have been uttering our thoughts as in God’s presence, in Christ; yet always, beloved, so as to build up your faith. (2 Corinthians 12, 19)
Weakness brought him to the cross, but the power of God brought him life; and though it is in our weakness that we are united to him, you will find us too, as he is, alive with God’s power. (2 Corinthians 13, 4)
It is your own selves you should be testing, to make sure you are still true to your faith; it is your own selves you must put to the proof. Surely your own conscience will tell you that Christ Jesus is alive in you, unless, somehow, you fail at the test; (2 Corinthians 13, 5)
The powers we have are used in support of the truth, not against it;✻ (2 Corinthians 13, 8)
I write this in absence, in the hope that, when I come, I may not have to deal severely with you, in the exercise of that authority which the Lord has given me to build up your faith, not to crush your spirits. (2 Corinthians 13, 10)
Paul, an apostle not holding his commission from men, not appointed by man’s means, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father who raised him from the dead, (Galatians 1, 1)
You have been told how I bore myself in my Jewish days, how I persecuted God’s Church beyond measure and tried to destroy it, (Galatians 1, 13)
but I did not see any of the other apostles, except James, the Lord’s brother. (Galatians 1, 19)
Such is my history; as God sees me, I am telling you the plain truth. (Galatians 1, 20)
