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