Time after Pentecost · Proper 9 · Year B
2 Corinthians 12:1-10
The Thorn in the Flesh
July 4, 2027
Overview & Insights
"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." (2 Corinthians 12:9)
Paul recounts being caught up to the third heaven yet boasts instead in his weaknesses and a thorn in the flesh, through which the power of Christ rests on him.
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Commentary
Enduring Word: 2 Corinthians 12 Enduring Word · David Guzik
David Guzik's verse-by-verse evangelical notes on the whole chapter.
Precept Austin: 2 Corinthians 12 Commentary Precept Austin
Detailed study collecting many commentators on the thorn in the flesh.
BibleHub: Commentaries on 2 Corinthians 12:1 BibleHub
Parallel classic commentaries keyed to the passage's opening verse.
CEP: 2 Corinthians 12:2-10 Commentary Center for Excellence in Preaching
Reformed preaching commentary on grace sufficient and power perfected in weakness.
StudyLight: 2 Corinthians 12 Commentaries StudyLight
Many complete commentaries on 2 Corinthians 12 gathered on one passage page.
Background & Word Study
Enter the Bible: 2 Corinthians Enter the Bible
Luther Seminary's scholarly introduction to the letter and its setting.
BibleProject: 2 Corinthians Overview BibleProject
Animated overview of the argument and themes of 2 Corinthians.
BibleHub: 2 Corinthians 12 Interlinear BibleHub
Greek-English interlinear for word-level study of the chapter.
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