⁵ That experience is worth boasting about, but I’m not going to do it. I will boast only about my weaknesses.

³⁰ If I must boast, I would rather boast about the things that show how weak I am.

³ I came to you in weakness—timid and trembling.

⁹ Each time he said, “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. ¹⁰ That’s why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, and troubles that I suffer for Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.