2 Corinthians 12:12 (DRB)

Passage

Yet the signs of my apostleship have been wrought on you, in all patience, in signs and wonders and mighty deeds.

Nearby Context

2 Corinthians 12:10 For which cause I please myself in my infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ. For when I am weak, then am I powerful.

2 Corinthians 12:11 I am become foolish. You have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended by you. For I have no way come short of them that are above measure apostles, although I be nothing.

2 Corinthians 12:12 Yet the signs of my apostleship have been wrought on you, in all patience, in signs and wonders and mighty deeds.

2 Corinthians 12:13 For what is there that you have had less than the other churches but that I myself was not burthensome to you? Pardon me this injury.

2 Corinthians 12:14 Behold now the third time I am ready to come to you and I will not be burthensome unto you. For I seek not the things that are yours, but you. For neither ought the children to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "signs", "apostleship", "been", "wrought", "patience", "wonders", and "mighty". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "signs" and "apostleship", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "I am become foolish You have compelled..." into verse 13's "For what is there that you have...", so "signs" and "apostleship" belong inside that flow. In 2 Corinthians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "signs" and "apostleship" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.