Bible verse for May 18

⁶ For if I did want to boast, I would not be foolish, since I would be telling the truth. But I hold back, so that no one will rate me higher than what they see in me or hear from me, ⁷ or because of how extraordinary the revelations were. For this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, I was given a thorn in the flesh, a messenger from Satan to pummel me, to keep me from exalting myself. ⁸ I begged the Lord three times about this, asking that it would go away from me. ⁹ But he has said to me, “My grace is enough for you, for power is made complete in weakness.” So I will be all the more glad to boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may settle on me. ¹⁰ Therefore I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in hard times, in persecutions and distress, for Christ’s sake. For when I am weak, then I am strong. ¹¹ I have become foolish; you drove me to it. I was the one who should have been commended by you, since I did not fall short of the “super-apostles” in any way, even though I am nothing. ¹² The signs that mark an apostle were worked among you with complete perseverance, through signs, wonders, and powerful deeds.

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