Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Takes, pleasure in. Too strongly. Rather х eudokoo (G2106)], 'I am well-contented in.'
Infirmities - the genus. Two pairs of species follow, partly from 'Satan's messenger,' partly from men.
Reproaches - `insults.'
When - in all the cases just specified.
Then - then especially (Isaiah 40:29).
Strong - `powerful' х dunatos (G1415)] in 'the power х dunamis (G1411)] of Christ' (2 Corinthians 12:9; 2 Corinthians 13:4; Hebrews 11:34).