NET Bible
"I asked the Lord three times about this, that it would depart from me."
— 2 Corinthians 12:8, NET Bible
“For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.”
“Concerning this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. ”
“Concerning this thing, I begged the Lord three times that it might depart from me.”
“For which thing, thrice I besought the Lord that it might depart from me.”
“And about this thing I made request to the Lord three times that it might be taken away from me.”
“For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.”
On behalf of such an individual I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except about my weaknesses.
For even if I wish to boast, I will not be a fool, for I would be telling the truth, but I refrain from this so that no one may regard me beyond what he sees in me or what he hears from me,
even because of the extraordinary character of the revelations. Therefore, so that I would not become arrogant, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to trouble me– so that I would not become arrogant.
I asked the Lord three times about this, that it would depart from me.
But he said to me,“My grace is enough for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” So then, I will boast most gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in me.
Therefore I am content with weaknesses, with insults, with troubles, with persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.
The Signs of an Apostle I have become a fool. You yourselves forced me to do it, for I should have been commended by you. For I lack nothing in comparison to those“super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.