What does Paul mean by boasting in weakness?

God’s grace is what allows Paul to boast or delight in his weaknesses. It’s God’s grace that allows him to have power in his weakness! God’s grace is available because of the work of the cross. It’s because of the cross that Paul can celebrate his weaknesses.

When I am at my weakest God is at his strongest?

Biblical Translations of 2 Corinthians 12:10 For when I am weak, then I am strong. That’s why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, and troubles that I suffer for Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

What does boast mean in the Bible?

1 : to praise oneself extravagantly in speech : speak of oneself with excessive pride boasting about her accomplishments. 2 archaic : glory, exult.

Why is boasting a sin?

It seems that boasting is a mortal sin: Objection 1: Proverbs 28:25 says, “He who boasts about himself and puffs himself up stirs up quarrels.” But it is a mortal sin to stir up quarrels, since, as Proverbs 6:16 and 19 tell us, God detests those who sow the seeds of discord. Therefore, boasting is a mortal sin.

What does God say about our weaknesses?

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

How do we boast in our weakness?

But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” 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.

Can your strength be your weakness?

Wisdom tells us that our greatest strengths can often also be our weakness. Strengths become weaknesses when we overplay them or rigidly work to them. Skilful leaders use the strengths of others to amplify their impact. The tallest and strongest trees exist in a forest, gaining strength from being close to others.

What does the Bible say about God using our weakness?

Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

What does God say about the weak?

Psalm 41:1 (NIV) “Blessed are those who have regard for the weak; the LORD delivers them in times of trouble.”