2 Corinthians 12:9-10

But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me. That is why, for the sake of Christ, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of 2 Corinthians 12 · Words of Christ are set in red.

9 songs meet this passage

  • LOST IN THE ECHO · LINKIN PARK

    strains against 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

    Paul finds strength made perfect in weakness through God's grace, whereas the song finds strength in personal willpower alone.

  • “If I'd have never hit rock bottom”

    HOPE · NF

    resonates with 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

    The idea that weakness and breaking points can become the ground for strength and growth parallels Paul's paradox of power in weakness.

  • “I know that in my weakness I am strong”

    Brother (feat. Gavin DeGraw) · NEEDTOBREATHE

    resonates with 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

    Directly echoes Paul's paradox that strength is made perfect in weakness, here framed through love rather than grace explicitly.

  • Hero · Skillet

    resonates with 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

    Admitting human weakness as the very place strength and rescue are needed echoes Paul's paradox of strength made perfect in weakness.

  • “I'm not held by my own strength”

    Firm Foundation (He Won’t) · Cody Carnes

    resonates with 2 Corinthians 12:9

    Strength found in weakness through God's grace mirrors the song's rejection of self-reliance.

  • “say I'm not enough”

    You Say · Lauren Daigle

    resonates with 2 Corinthians 12:9

    God's sufficiency meeting human weakness directly answers the fear of not measuring up.

  • Hold On To Me · Lauren Daigle

    resonates with 2 Corinthians 12:9

    God's power made perfect in weakness is exactly the theology the song lives in. The moment of 'barely breathin'' is not outside God's reach but the very place His strength shows up.

  • “Man, most of my days, I ain't got enough”

    I just need U. · TobyMac

    resonates with 2 Corinthians 12:9

    Admitting insufficiency and finding God's strength made perfect in weakness is exactly Paul's point here.

  • “My weakness I feel I must finally show”

    Awake My Soul · Mumford & Sons

    resonates with 2 Corinthians 12:9

    Admitting weakness rather than hiding it is the posture Paul describes as the place where grace actually meets us.

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