2 Corinthians 12:7-10

Williams(i) 7 So, to keep me from being over-elated, there was sent upon me a physical disease, sharp as a piercing stake, a messenger of Satan, to continue afflicting me, and so to keep me, I repeat, from being over-elated. 8 Three times I begged the Lord about this to make it go away and leave me, 9 but He said to me, "My spiritual strength is sufficient, for it is only by means of conscious weakness that perfect power is developed." 10 So I most happily boast about my weaknesses, so that the strength of Christ may overshadow me. That is why I take such pleasure in weaknesses, insults, distresses, persecution, and difficulties, which I endure for Christ's sake, for it is when I am consciously weak that I am really strong.