2 Corinthians 6:10 sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything. | New International Version (NIV) | Download The Bible App Now

it does not depend on outside happenings. Christian joy is independent of circumstances and can cohabit with sorrow. Paul said he was “sorrowful, yet always rejoicing” (2 Corinthians 6:10). A heart filled with the love of God is filled with “joy in the Holy Spirit” (Romans 14:17).

Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ’s sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong. (2 Corinthians 12:9b–10, emphasis mine)

This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of God’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God. Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, men will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with

Therefore we do not give up. d Even though our outer person is being destroyed, our inner person e is being renewed day by day. 17 For our momentary light affliction f is producing for us an absolutely incomparable eternal weight of glory. g 18 So we do not focus on what is seen, h but on what is unseen. For what is seen is temporary, but what is u

“My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.” I will rather boast most gladly of my weaknesses,* in order that the power of Christ may dwell with me.