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words, it's for our good. I'm reading in verse

7 of 2 Corinthians 12. The apostle Paul

mentions his infirmities in chapter 12, verse

5. He mentions his infirmities in chapter 11,

verse 30. Read chapter 11 from verse 22 to

the end of the chapter. By the way, do you

know what Paul put on his resumè when he

was trying to prove to the Corinthian church

and the false teachers that he was of God?

He said, “…in labours more abundant, in

stripes above measure, in prisons more

frequent, in deaths oft. Of the Jews five
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times received I forty stripes save one. Thrice
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was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned…”

and on and on he goes. That's on the

apostle Paul's resume to become a pastor.

He had many infirmities. He actually said to

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