2 Corinthians 12:9
But he answered me, "My grace is enough for you, for power comes to its fullness in weakness." So I will be all the happier to boast of my weaknesses, for then the power of Christ may spread its tent over me.
Treated in 64 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- The Key Teachings of Martin Luther ·
The Theology of the Cross cites 2 CORINTHIANS 12:9
…unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. 2 CORINTHIANS 12:9 A needed caution Like every deep truth, this one can be twisted. The theology of the…
- Humility ·
Humility and Happiness cites 2 Corinthians 12: 9
…insults, hardships, persecutions, and calamities. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” 2 Corinthians 12: 9, 10. Lest Paul should exalt himself, by reason of the exceeding greatness of the…
- The Master’s Indwelling ·
That God May Be All in All cites 2 Corinthians 12:9
…very special way to teach him to say, “I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses” 2 Corinthians 12:9. Paul was in danger of being exalted, owing to the revelations from Heaven, and Jesus…
- The Key Teachings of Andrew Murray ·
Possible with God cites 2 CORINTHIANS 12:9
…unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. 2 CORINTHIANS 12:9 FOR REFLECTION AND ACTION 1. Name one command of Christ you have quietly decided is…
- The Key Teachings of A. B. Simpson ·
Christ Our Healer cites 2 CORINTHIANS 12:9
…unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. 2 CORINTHIANS 12:9 That is God declining to heal an apostle, and calling the refusal grace. Any doctrine…
- Portraits of Courage – Mary Slessor ·
Ikpe cites 2 Corinthians 12:9
…will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” — 2 Corinthians 12:9, ASV A Call From the North The call to her last field came, of all ways, out of a war.…
- Portraits of Courage – Mary Slessor ·
Appendix A: Lessons from the Life of Mary Slessor cites 2 Corinthians 12:9
…comes.” “My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9, ASV). 20. Doubt Is Not the Opposite of Faith She called herself “a poor exponent of…
- The Mortification of Sin in Believers ·
Act faith on Christ for the killing of thy sin cites 2 Cor. xii. 9
…the consideration of the sufficiency of his grace: “My grace is sufficient for thee,” 2 Cor. xii. 9. Though he were not immediately so far made partaker of it as to be freed from his…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The Second Stage cites 2 Cor. 12:9
…notwithstanding what the devil can do, the souls of his people prove gracious still. 2 Cor. 12:9. And in that thou sawest that the man stood behind the wall to maintain the fire; this is…
- Communion with God ·
Other consequential affections cites 2 Cor. xii. 9
…of grace, according as temptations do grow or increase. So was it in the case of Paul, 2 Cor. xii. 9, “My grace is sufficient for thee.” The temptation, whatever it were, grew high; Paul was…
- Women Who Moved Heaven ·
Scripture Appendix: Prayers in God’s Word cites 2 Corinthians 12:9
…is done in secret, will reward you.” Psalm 46:10 — “Be still, and know that I am God.” 2 Corinthians 12:9 — “But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in…
- Men Who Tended the Flock ·
Scripture Appendix: God’s Word on the Pastoral Calling cites 2 Corinthians 12:9
…grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also.” 2 Corinthians 12:9 — “But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
The Breaking of the Outer Man cites 2 Corinthians 12:9
…answered, “My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9, ASV). Paul concludes, “when I am weak, then am I strong” (2 Corinthians 12:10, ASV).…
- All Things for Good ·
The best things work for good to the godly cites 2 Cor. xii. 9
…it? He is upheld by the arms of the Almighty. “My strength is made perfect in weakness” (2 Cor. xii. 9). The power of God works for us by supplying our wants. God creates comforts when means…
- Portraits of Courage – Praying Hyde ·
Slow of Speech and Hearing cites 2 Corinthians 12:9
…will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me” (2 Corinthians 12:9, ASV). He reminded the Corinthians that he had come to them “not with excellency of…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Learning to Walk by Faith cites 2 Corinthians 12:9
…Paul heard, “My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9, ASV). Weakness did not become Nee's ideal; Christ's sufficiency did. The distinction is…
- Women Who Moved Heaven ·
Teresa of Ávila — The Mystic Who Built a School of Prayer cites 2 Corinthians 12:9
…boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me” (2 Corinthians 12:9, NIV). The weaknesses that made her incapable of managing her own affairs were, she…
- Portraits of Courage – Praying Hyde ·
Appendix A: Twenty-Five Lessons from Hyde’s Prayer Life cites 2 Corinthians 12:9
…them. “My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9, ASV). 7. Unfruitful Years Are Not Wasted Years Griswold described Hyde’s first decade in…
- The God of All Comfort ·
Jehovah cites 2 Corinthians 12:9–10
…so that the power of Christ may rest upon me… For when I am weak, then I am strong” (2 Corinthians 12:9–10). Who could ask for a more glorious victory than this? And this victory will be ours if…
- Portraits of Courage – Praying Hyde ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites 2 Corinthians 12:9
…and grace to be misunderstood without bitterness. Scriptures to revisit Exodus 4:10-12; 2 Corinthians 12:9; 1 Corinthians 2:1-5; Isaiah 50:4; Matthew 6:33. Reflection 1. What limitation do you…
- Men Who Tended the Flock ·
Robert Murray M’Cheyne — The Holy Young Shepherd of Dundee cites 2 Corinthians 12:9
…boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me” (2 Corinthians 12:9, NIV). The greatest revival in St. Peter’s history occurred while M’Cheyne was absent —…
- How to Bring Men to Christ ·
Dealing with Those Who Are Anxious to Be Saved and Know How, but Who Have Difficulties cites 2 Cor. xii. 9
…difficulty very similar to the preceding one, is “I am too weak.” With such a person, use 2 Cor. xii. 9, 10. Ask him “where is it that Christ’s strength is made perfect?” When he answers “in…
- The Pilgrim's Progress ·
The Ninth Stage cites 2 Cor. 12:9
…I am a great, a very great sinner: and he answered, “My grace is sufficient for thee.” 2 Cor. 12:9. Then I said, But, Lord, what is believing? And then I saw from that saying, “He that…
- Portraits of Courage – C. T. Studd ·
The Thorn and the Needle cites 2 Corinthians 12:9
…God’s reply: “My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9, ASV). He spoke of the outward man decaying, and the inward man being renewed day by day.…
- Abide in Christ ·
As Your Strength cites 2 COR. xii. 9
…and in the power of His might.’ — Eph. vi. 10. ‘My power is made perfect in weakness.’—2 COR. xii. 9 (R. v.). There is no truth more generally admitted among earnest Christians than that of…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Faith, Prayer, and the Life of Dependence cites 2 Corinthians 12:9
…to depart and received not removal but a promise: “My grace is sufficient for thee” (2 Corinthians 12:9, ASV). An unanswered request may become an answered need at a deeper level. That does not…
- Portraits of Courage – Watchman Nee ·
Appendix B: Chapter-by-Chapter Study and Reflection Guide cites 2 Corinthians 12:9
…ministry cannot be manufactured by natural strength. Scriptures to revisit John 5:19; 2 Corinthians 12:9-10; Ephesians 1:17-18; Hebrews 11:1; Isaiah 40:31; 2 Corinthians 1:9; John 7:17.…
- Portraits of Courage – Amy Carmichael ·
A Room at Dohnavur cites 2 Corinthians 12:9
…will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” — 2 Corinthians 12:9, ASV Twenty Years in a Room For the last twenty years of her life, Amy Carmichael lived…
- Portraits of Courage – C. T. Studd ·
Appendix A: Lessons from the Life of C. T. Studd cites 2 Corinthians 12:9
…our limits. “My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9, ASV). 13. Courage Without Love Profits Nothing Studd gave his goods and his body, but…
- The Key Teachings of Elisabeth Elliot ·
A Chance to Die cites 2 CORINTHIANS 12:9
…unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. 2 CORINTHIANS 12:9 Weighing it The teaching on the death of self needs one guard. It can be heard as a call…
- The Key Teachings of Charles G. Finney ·
The Spirit of Prayer cites 2 CORINTHIANS 12:9
…unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. 2 CORINTHIANS 12:9 He also dismissed forms of prayer as absurd and destructive of the spirit of prayer. But…
- Thoughts for the Quiet Hour ·
August cites 2 Cor. xii. 9
…August 18 My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. 2 Cor. xii. 9. God's way of answering His people's prayers is not by removing the pressure, but by…
- Portraits of Courage – Amy Carmichael ·
Appendix a: Lessons from the Life of Amy Carmichael cites 2 Corinthians 12:9
…gentleness. “My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9, ASV). 22. Love Is Tested in Small Things Her best-known book measures small failures of…
- Mary Slessor (For Teens) ·
Safe cites 2 Corinthians 12:9
…will I rather glory in my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.” — 2 Corinthians 12:9 (ASV) Past sixty, Mary was carried to church. Young men at Ikpe, an old slave-trading…
- Amanda Smith: An Autobiography (For Teens) ·
When the Grief Came cites 2 Corinthians 12:9
“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” — 2 Corinthians 12:9 (ESV) It would be dishonest to tell Amanda Smith’s story as one victory after another.…
- Grace Abounding (For Teens) ·
My Grace Is Sufficient for Thee cites 2 Corinthians 12:9
…unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.” — 2 Corinthians 12:9 (KJV) Still sitting on that bench, Bunyan burst out, “How can God comfort such a wretch…
- Real Questions – Book 1 ·
Why Doesn’t God Answer My Prayers? cites 2 Corinthians 12:9
…stay silent: “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness” (2 Corinthians 12:9). God didn’t give Paul what he asked for. He gave him Himself. Sometimes the answer is…
- The Key Teachings of E. M. Bounds ·
Call upon Me in the Day of Trouble cites 2 CORINTHIANS 12:9
…unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. 2 CORINTHIANS 12:9 Where this must be read with care This teaching is full of comfort, but a few of Bounds’s…
- Rooted – 30 Days with God for Youth – Book 4 ·
Day 28 — Strong When Weak cites 2 Corinthians 12:9
…all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.” — 2 Corinthians 12:9 (BSB) The apostle Paul had a problem. He called it a “thorn in the flesh.” We don’t know…
- The Practice of the Presence of God (For Teens) ·
Strength, Not Escape cites 2 Corinthians 12:9
“My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness.” — 2 Corinthians 12:9 (KJV) Brother Lawrence’s last letters were written to a friend who was seriously ill, and…
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