When I Am Weak, I Am Strong

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Key Verse 12:6

Read verses 1-6. What does Paul mean by my “weaknesses”? Why is it important: 1) for you to know your own weaknesses; 2) for you to let others know about your weaknesses; and 3) for you to know others’ weaknesses? 

Read verse 7. What does it mean to be (or become) “conceited”? What risk/dangers are involved in being (or becoming) conceited? 

Verse 7 indicates that revelations (or visions) can cause a man to be conceited. What else can cause a person to be conceited?

Read verses 8-9a. What did Paul do with his bodily discomfort? What does ‘my “grace” is sufficient for you’ mean? What does “my power is made perfect in weakness” mean? 

Read verses 9b-10. What does it mean to “delight” in something? How do people normally respond to the “weaknesses”, “insults”, “hardships”, “persecutions”, and “difficulties” ? For whom does Paul delight in them? 

Read verse 10 again. What does “weak” or “strong” mean?