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But I must not be too proud of the wonderful things that were shown to me. So a painful problem[a] was given to me—an angel from Satan, sent to make me suffer, so that I would not think that I am better than anyone else. I begged the Lord three times to take this problem away from me. But the Lord said, “My grace is all you need. Only when you are weak can everything be done completely by my power.” So I will gladly boast about my weaknesses. Then Christ’s power can stay in me.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 12:7 painful problem Literally, “thorn in the flesh.”

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