2 Corinthians 12:10

12:10 Therefore I am content with ¹  weaknesses, with insults, with troubles, with persecutions and difficulties ²  for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.

2 Corinthians 12:15

12:15 Now I will most gladly spend and be spent for your lives! ³  If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

Matthew 5:11-12

5:11 “Blessed are you when people ⁴  insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely ⁵  on account of me. 5:12 Rejoice and be glad because your reward is great in heaven, for they persecuted the prophets before you in the same way.

[12:10]  ¹ tn Or “I take delight in.”

[12:10]  ² tn Or “calamities.”

[12:15]  ³ tn Grk “souls.”

[5:11]  ⁴ tn Grk “when they insult you.” The third person pronoun (here implied in the verb ὀνειδίσωσιν [ojneidiswsin]) has no specific referent, but refers to people in general.

[5:11]  ⁵ tc Although ψευδόμενοι (yeudomenoi, “bearing witness falsely”) could be a motivated reading, clarifying that the disciples are unjustly persecuted, its lack in only D it sy^s Tert does not help its case. Since the Western text is known for numerous free alterations, without corroborative evidence the shorter reading must be judged as secondary.