That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

We are going to go into this issue of insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties in greater depth later.

We just need to consider the fact that weaknesses, insults, hardships, persecutions, and difficulties are the polishing agents that God uses to remove impurities from our lives and ministries. The more that happens, the more the power of God pours through us to the needy.