 | Johan Christiaan Beker - Liczba stron: 484
...Christ," 2 Cor. 12:9) has a greater dialectical relation to weakness and the cross than "the Spirit" (cf. "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness [2 Cor. 12:9; cf. 1 Cor. 1:23-25]). Although the Spirit causes us to sigh (Rom. 8:23) and assists us... | |
 | Peter F. Ellis - 1982 - Liczba stron: 302
...harass me, to keep me from being too elated. 'Three times I besought the Lord about this, that it should leave me; 'but he said to me, "My grace is sufficient...for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." I will all the more gladly boast of my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. '°For... | |
 | Leonhard Goppelt - 1982 - Liczba stron: 380
...prayer for the healing of a chronic illness was heard not with bodily results but through the promise: "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness" (II Cor. 12:9). Hence the dying of Jesus was understood as "the cross," ie. as the signpost that marked... | |
 | Fred O. Francis, J. Paul Sampley - 1984 - Liczba stron: 420
...refrain from it, so that no one may think more of me than he sees in me or hears from me. 2 Cor 1 2 'but he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." I will all the more gladly boast of my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Eph 2... | |
 | Walter Wink - 1984 - Liczba stron: 244
...messenger of Satan, to harass me." Three times he asked God to remove it; the third time God spoke: " 'My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.' " Did Paul need a disability in order to combat a pride too powerful for him to master? We cannot even... | |
 | Kenneth C. Haugk - 1984 - Liczba stron: 164
...Lord isn't merely gritting his teeth and using imperfect humans: he likes it that way! He promises: "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness" (2 Cor. 12:9). Personal Embarrassment Being distinctively Christian is sometimes threatening. Our embarrassment... | |
 | Donald Senior - 1991 - Liczba stron: 420
..."weakness" or limitation. The power of God enabled Paul to triumph over death: "The Lord said to me, 4My grace is sufficient for you for my power is made perfect in weakness. ' I will all the more gladly boast of my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may rest upon me" (1I... | |
 | 1985 - Liczba stron: 128
...flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me. Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. " Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on... | |
 | Palladius - 1985 - Liczba stron: 260
...of trials, not remembering the divine message to the Apostle when he was overcome with tribulations: My grace is sufficient for you; for my power is made perfect in infirmity.404 For they perceived the Church of Antioch being transplanted to the Church of Armenia... | |
 | Witness Lee - 1985 - Liczba stron: 254
...supply. In 2 Corinthians 12:9 we see that Paul experienced and enjoyed the grace of Christ: "And He has said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness." Then in 2 Corinthians 13:14 Paul goes on to say, "The grace of the Lord Jesus... | |
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My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. 
