 | Charles Frederick Childe - 1839 - 448 pages
...Christ may rest upon me ;" and then enlarges on the sentiment in the following verse : " Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake," (there is his motive) " for when I am weak, then am I strong" (there... | |
 | Nathan Sidney Smith Beman - 1840 - 788 pages
...heroism of the man who in view of bonds and afflictions, exclaimed, " None of these things move me ; I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake ; when I am weak, then am I strong." Though the world shall be converted... | |
 | 1840 - 728 pages
...therefore, will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest on me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake, for when I am weak then am I strong." 5. We shall be conscious of God's... | |
 | John Clarke Crosthwaite - 1840 - 568 pages
...therefore, will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me; therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ's sake : for when I am weak, then am I strong 2 ." " My brethren," saith St.... | |
 | Mark L. Prophet, Elizabeth Clare Prophet - 2004 - 210 pages
...therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. "Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong."7 26 Bible commentators have long... | |
 | L. Harris - 2004 - 381 pages
...therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am 1 strong." II Corinthians 12:8-10. Alive... | |
 | David R. Como - 2004 - 548 pages
...therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then I am strong."72 Brearley appears to have seized... | |
 | D. J. Bahr - 2005 - 355 pages
...therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 10. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. 531 GLOSSARY 6 COMMANDMENT, LAW,... | |
 | Giorgio Agamben - 2005 - 220 pages
...dynamis en astheneia teleitai, "power fulfills itself in weakness." "Therefore," the apostle adds, "I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for the sake of the Messiah: for when I am weak, then I am strong [dynatos]." The fact that... | |
 | Charlotte Benson - 2005 - 136 pages
...therefore, will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore, I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then am I strong." II Corinthians 12:910 (KJV) Dear... | |
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Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then... 
