2 Corinthians 12:9 (YLT)

Passage

and He said to me, `Sufficient for thee is My grace, for My power in infirmity is perfected;' most gladly, therefore, will I rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of the Christ may rest on me:

Nearby Context

2 Corinthians 12:7 and that by the exceeding greatness of the revelations I might not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of the Adversary, that he might buffet me, that I might not be exalted overmuch.

2 Corinthians 12:8 Concerning this thing thrice the Lord did I call upon, that it might depart from me,

2 Corinthians 12:9 and He said to me, `Sufficient for thee is My grace, for My power in infirmity is perfected;' most gladly, therefore, will I rather boast in my infirmities, that the power of the Christ may rest on me:

2 Corinthians 12:10 wherefore I am well pleased in infirmities, in damages, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses--for Christ; for whenever I am infirm, then I am powerful;

2 Corinthians 12:11 I have become a fool--boasting; ye--ye did compel me; for I ought by you to have been commended, for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles--even if I am nothing.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "infirmities", "grace", "said", "sufficient", "thee", "power", "infirmity", and "perfected". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "infirmities" and "grace", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "Concerning this thing thrice the Lord did..." into verse 10's "wherefore I am well pleased in infirmities...", so "infirmities" and "grace" 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 "infirmities" and "grace" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.