2 Corinthians 12:8 (WEB)
Concerning this thing, I begged the Lord three times that it might depart from me.
Fathers and councils · 18
Irenaeus of Lyons
“Gladly therefore shall I rather glory in infirmities, that the power of Christ may dwell in me.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 7–9.
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John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences I–X IX.34Conference IX
“And He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee, for strength is made perfect in weakness.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 8, 9.
Read the whole comment - John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XIII.6Conference XIII
“And He said to me: My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness:” and again: “For we know not what to pray for as we ought.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 8, 9; Rom. viii. 26.
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Augustine of Hippo
““Thrice,” he saith, “I besought the Lord that He would take it from me; and He said to me, My Grace sufficeth for thee: for virtue in weakness is made perfect.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 8, 9.
Read the whole comment““Lest by the greatness,” he saith, “of the revelations I should be exalted, there was given to me a thorn of my flesh, the angel of Satan, to buffet me: wherefore thrice the Lord I besought, that it should depart from me: and He said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee, for virtue in weakness is made perfect.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 7–9.
Read the whole comment“For He it is who hammereth: for the hammer could not do so of itself.…See how (I dare so speak, my brethren) even the Apostle was beaten with this very hammer: he saith, “there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan, to buffet me.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 7–10.
Read the whole comment“And He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for strength is made perfect in weakness.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 7–9.
Read the whole comment“Thou art he who didst thrice beseech the Lord, that “the thorn of the flesh, the messenger of Satan, by whom thou wast buffeted, might be taken away from thee.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 7, 8.
Read the whole comment“Whence knowest thou, then, that God does not wish to heal thee?” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 8, 9.
Read the whole comment“And here, you see, good was brought about by that which was evil, when the evil was received in a good spirit.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 7–9.
Read the whole comment“And if we turn our thoughts even to the most blessed apostles, we find that he who labored more than they all, yet not he, but the grace of God that was with him, besought the Lord thrice that the messenger of Satan might depart from him, and received not what he had asked.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 8.
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John Chrysostom
“And that these things seem good to God, hear him saying, “For this I besought the Lord thrice, and He said to me, My Grace is sufficient for thee; for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” ( 2 Cor. xii. 8–10.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“For the “thrice for this I besought the Lord,” is oftentimes; “and He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee, for My strength is made perfect in weakness.” ( 2 Cor. xii. 8, 9.)” — the author cites it
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Jerome
“God’s reply was: “My grace is sufficient for thee; for my strength is made perfect in weakness.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 8, 9, 10.
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Tertullian
““But withal himself says that ‘a stake was given him, an angel of Satan,’ by which he was to be buffeted, lest he should exalt himself.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 7–10.
Read the whole comment“…so good and gracious, and so averse to blows and cruelty, should have suborned the angel Satan—not his own either, but the Creator’s—“to buffet” the apostle, and then to have refused his request, when thrice entreated to liberate him!” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 7, 8.
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Cyprian of Carthage
““There was given to me,” he says, “a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I should not be lifted up: for which thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me; and He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee, for strength is made perfect in weakness.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 7–9.
Read the whole comment“And He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for strength is perfected in weakness.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 7–9.
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Cross-references · 13
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 73.
Cited together in Conferences XI–XVII XIII.6.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 73.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 73.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 73.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 73.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 73.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 73.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 73.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 73.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 73.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 73.
Cited together in Tractates on the Gospel of John Tractate 73.