2 Corinthians 12:10 (LSB)

Passage

Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions and hardships, for the sake of Christ, for when I am weak, then I am strong.

Nearby Context

2 Corinthians 12:8 Concerning this I pleaded with the Lord three times that it might leave me.

2 Corinthians 12:9 And He has said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness.” Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may dwell in me.

2 Corinthians 12:10 Therefore I am well content with weaknesses, with insults, with distresses, with persecutions and hardships, for the sake of Christ, for when I am weak, then I am strong.

2 Corinthians 12:11 I have become foolish; you yourselves compelled me. For I ought to have been commended by you, for in no respect was I inferior to the most-eminent apostles, even if I am nothing.

2 Corinthians 12:12 The signs of a true apostle were worked out among you with all perseverance, by signs and wonders and miracles.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "therefore", "well", "content", "weaknesses", "insults", "distresses", "persecutions", and "hardships". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "therefore" and "well", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "And He has said to me My..." into verse 11's "I have become foolish you yourselves compelled...", so "therefore" and "well" 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 "therefore" and "well" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.