2nd Corinthians Chapter 12 verse 9 Holy Bible
And he hath said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for `my' power is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
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And he said to me, My grace is enough for you, for my power is made complete in what is feeble. Most gladly, then, will I take pride in my feeble body, so that the power of Christ may be on me.
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And he said to me, My grace suffices thee; for [my] power is perfected in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather boast in my weaknesses, that the power of the Christ may dwell upon me.
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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.
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He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Most gladly therefore I will rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest on me.
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and He said to me, `Sufficient for thee is My grace, for My power in infirmity is perfected;' most gladly, therefore, will I rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of the Christ may rest on me:
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2nd Corinthians 12 : 9 Bible Verse Songs
- Grace by Darwin Hobbs
- Your Grace Is Enough / Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone) by Caleb + Kelsey
- Wonderful Grace by Tasha Cobbs + Anna Golden
- His Grace is Enough by Matt Marvane
- Yes You Can by Marvin Sapp
- What You Say by Allan Scott
- Tú Dices (You Say) by Lauren Daigle
- Sounds Like Grace by River Valley Worship
- Amazing Grace by George Jones
- Break My Heart by Austin French
- How Firm a Foundation by Sovereign Grace Music
- Day One by Matthew West
- Your Grace Is Enough by Matt Maher
- Wide Awake by Phil Wickham
- So Much Grace by Jonathan David & Melissa Helser
- There Is A Power by Rita Springer + Dante Bowe
- Amazing Grace by Kathy Taylor
- You Still Love Me by Koryn Hawthorne
- Wings of Grace by Glowreeyah Braimah
- Grace Upon Grace by Josh Wilson
- Can't Stop Singing by Covenant Worship
- Power Made Perfect by Covenant Worship
- Spotlight by Rita Springer + Amanda Cook
- Asante by Kaki Mwihaki
- Your Grace by Winnie Martins
- Sufficient For Me by Jonathan Ogden
- Settle For Less by Khaya Mthethwa
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 9. - And he said unto me. The original is much more forcible: "And he has said to me." Is sufficient for thee. A similar phrase, though in a very different context, occurs in Deuteronomy 3:26. My strength is made perfect in weakness (comp. 2 Corinthians 4:7; Philippians 4:13; 1 Corinthians 2:3-5). The verse contains a paradox, which yet describes the best history of the world. The paradox becomes more suggestive if, with א, A, B, D, F, G, we omit "my." May rest upon me; literally, may tabernacle over me. The compound verb occurs here alone, but the simple verb and the substantive occur in similar meanings in John 1:14; Revelation 7:15; Revelation 21:3 (comp. 2 Corinthians 5:1).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee.--The words fit in, more or less, with each of the two views that have been discussed above. From one point of view, however, it seems infinitely more in harmony with our thoughts of God, that the prayer to be relieved from pain should be refused, because it was working out a higher perfection than was attainable without it, than that a deaf ear should have been turned to a prayer to be relieved from the temptation to impurity. Such a prayer seems to us to carry with it something like an assurance of its own prevailing power. Some of the better MSS. omit the possessive "My," and with that reading the words take the form of a general axiom affirming that, in the highest sense, "might is perfected in weakness." The last word is the same as that translated "infirmity" in the next clause. The variation, as concealing this, is so far unfortunate.Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities.--The word, as has just been said, is the same as the "weakness" in the answer to his prayer. He finds not comfort only, but actual delight, in his consciousness of weakness, because it is balanced by the sense that the might of Christ dwells in him and around him. The word for "rest" is literally, as a like word in John 1:14, to dwell as in a tent, and suggests the thought that the might of Christ was to him as the Shechinah cloud of glory encompassing him and protecting him.
