Happy are you when people reproach you and persecute you and lyingly say every sort of wicked thing against you for my sake. Mt5:11

“When I Am Weak, Then I Am Powerful”

“I take pleasure in weaknesses, in insults, in times of need, in persecutions and difficulties, for Christ.”—2 COR. 12:10.

1. What did the apostle Paul openly acknowledge?

THE apostle Paul openly acknowledged that he at times felt weak. He admitted that his body was “wasting away,” that he had to struggle to do what was right, and that Jehovah did not always answer his prayers in the way he hoped He would. (2 Cor. 4:16; 12:7-9; Rom. 7:21-23) Paul also acknowledged that his opposers viewed him as weak. * But he did not allow the negative viewpoint of others or his own weaknesses to make him feel worthless.—2 Cor. 10:10-12, 17, 18.