On behalf of such a one I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except of my weaknesses.
This was to fulfill what had been spoken through the prophet Isaiah, “He took our infirmities and bore our diseases.”
And I came to you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling.
If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.
It is necessary to boast; nothing is to be gained by it, but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.