2 Corinthians 12:8

8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.

2 Corinthians 12:8 in Other Translations

KJV
8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.
ESV
8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me.
NLT
8 Three different times I begged the Lord to take it away.
MSG
8 At first I didn't think of it as a gift, and begged God to remove it. Three times I did that,
CSB
8 Concerning this, I pleaded with the Lord three times to take it away from me.

2 Corinthians 12:8 In-Context

6 Even if I should choose to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted by what I do or say,
7 or because of these surpassingly great revelations. Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.
8 Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.
9 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 me.
10 That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Matthew 26:39,44
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