2 Corinthians 12:10

Sermon Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 12:10

2 Corinthians 12:10 Strength in Weakness. I. What was it that caused the heart of St. Paul to overflow in this now familiar paradox? It was some special personal temptation of a very painful kind, which he calls a thorn in the flesh. He was attacked by some kind of trial so severe that he speaks of it as a messenger of Satan, and besought the Lord not once, but thrice, that it might depart from him. His prayer was answered, though in a different manner from that which he anticipated. It was... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 2 Corinthians 12:10

DISCOURSE: 2044A SENSE OF WEAKNESS CONDUCIVE TO STRENGTH2 Corinthians 12:10. When I am weak, then am I strong.THERE are many things in Scripture which appear inconsistent and contrary to truth. Christ is represented as God, and yet a man; as the Lord of David, and yet his son; as a lion, and yet a lamb. And, as his person is thus variously described, so is his work: he is said to heal us by his own stripes, and to give us life by his death. But, however strange such expressions may seem, they... read more

Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Spurgeon's Verse Expositions of the Bible - 2 Corinthians 12:10

A Paradox -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A Sermon (No. 2050) Delivered on Lord's-Day Morning, November 4th, 1888, by C. H. SPURGEON, At the Metropolitan Tabernacle, Newington -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "When I am weak, then am I strong." 2 Corinthians 12:10 . The expression is paradoxical, and seems somewhat singular; yet it was the experience of the apostle Paul, a man of calm spirit, by no... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 12:1-21

Chapter 12It is not expedient [necessary] for me doubtless to glory. [But] I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. I knew a man in Christ above [about] fourteen years ago ( 2 Corinthians 12:1-2 ),Or over fourteen years ago.(whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) [but] such a one [was] caught up to the third heaven ( 2 Corinthians 12:2 ).Now, I've heard preachers talk about Paul's out of the body experience, and they said that he... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Corinthians 12:1-21

2 Corinthians 12:1 . It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. To disclosures of the divine pleasure, which cannot be known by any researches of the human mind. The English gives us here two distinct sentences. Many of the old interpreters read subjunctively, Though it be not expedient for me to glory; yet I will come to visions and revelations. The high character and authority of Paul in the church at Corinth was insupportable to the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Corinthians 12:1-10

2 Corinthians 12:1-10It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory.On Paul being caught up to the third heavenIn the words of the apostle, in his Epistle to the Colossians, I call upon you, “If ye be risen with Christ, seek those things that are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God.” “Set your affections on things above, and not on things on the earth.” Yes, to such an exercise of the affections we have constant need to exhort one another. Perhaps we know too little of the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Corinthians 12:7-11

2 Corinthians 12:7-11And lest I should be exalted above measure … there was given me a thorn in the flesh.St. Paul’s thorn in the fleshI. These verses treat of Christian trials under the figure of a thorn in the flesh. We should inquire not what the thorn was, but why it was sent. Some trials are evidently not of the nature of a thorn.1. A thorn is a small, invisible cause of suffering; some secret trouble.2. St. Paul’s thorn was something evil, for he calls it a messenger of Satan. Pain can be... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Corinthians 12:10

2 Corinthians 12:10Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities … for Christ’s sake.The use of infirmities“Some of the arable land along the shore on the south-east coast of Sutherland is almost covered with shore stones, from the size of a turkey’s egg to eight pounds weight. Several experiments have been made to collect these off the land, expecting a better crop; but in every case the land proved less productive by removing them; and on some small spots of land it was found so evident, that they... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Corinthians 12:10

10 Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong. Ver. 10. Therefore I take pleasure ] ευδοκω , I am well paid by them, I reckon them among God’s love tokens, pledges of his love, and badges of my sonship. For when I am weak, then, &c. ] This is a seeming contradiction. God, saith Luther, doth most of his works in mediis contrariis, by contraries. Δια των εναντιων εναντια... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Corinthians 12:10

I take: 2 Corinthians 1:4, 2 Corinthians 4:8-2 Samuel :, 2 Corinthians 4:17, 2 Corinthians 7:4, Acts 5:41, Romans 5:3, Romans 8:35-Malachi :, Philippians 1:29, Philippians 2:17, Philippians 2:18, Colossians 1:24, James 1:2, 1 Peter 1:6, 1 Peter 1:7, 1 Peter 4:13, 1 Peter 4:14 in infirmities: 2 Corinthians 11:23-Amos : for Christ's: 2 Corinthians 4:5, 2 Corinthians 4:11, 2 Corinthians 10:18, Luke 6:22, John 15:21, 1 Corinthians 4:10, Revelation 2:3 for when: 2 Corinthians 12:9, 2 Corinthians... read more

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