⁹ But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power^[a](A) is perfected in weakness.”^(B) Therefore, I will most gladly boast all the more about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may reside in me.

¹⁶ I pray that He may grant you, according to the riches^(A) of His glory,^(B) to be strengthened with power^(C) in the inner man^(D) through His Spirit,

¹¹ May you be strengthened^(A) with all power,^(B) according to His glorious^(C) might, for all endurance and patience, with joy

Paul’s Testimony

¹² I give thanks to Christ Jesus our Lord who has strengthened^(A) me, because He considered me faithful, appointing me to the ministry—

¹⁷ But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the proclamation might be fully made through me and all the Gentiles might hear. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth.