Jean Ann Williams | Author

“And he said vnto me [Paul], ‘My grace is sufficient for thee: for my power is made perfect through weakenesse.’ Very gladly therefore will I reioyce rather in mine infirmities, that the power of Christ may dwell in me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproches, in necessities, in persecutions, in anguish for Christes […]

“And lest I should be exalted out of measure through the aboundance of reuelations, there was giuen vnto me a pricke in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet mee, because I should not be exalted out of measure” (2 Corinthians 12:7 1587 Geneva Version). Father, Paul is showing us through his experience that […]

“And I knowe such a man (whether in the body, or out of the body, I can not tell: God knoweth) How that he was taken vp into Paradise, and heard words which cannot be spoken, which are not possible for man to [utter] vtter. Of such a man will I reioyce: of my selfe […]

“It is not expedient for me no doubt to reioyce: for I will come to visions and reuelations of the Lorde. I know a man in Christ aboue fourteene yeeres agone, (whether he were in the body, I can not tell, or out of the body, I can not tell: God knoweth) which was taken […]

“The God, euen the Father of our Lorde Iesus Christ, which is blessed for euermore, knoweth that I lie not. In Damascus the gouernour of the people vnder King Aretas, layde watch in the citie of the Damascens, and would haue caught me. But at a windowe was I let downe in a basket through […]

“Beside the thinges which are outwarde, I [Paul] am combred [come] dayly, and haue the care of all the Churches. Who is weake, and I am not weake? who is offended, and I burne not? If I must needes reioyce, I will reioyce of mine infirmities” (2 Corinthians 11:28-30 1587 Geneva Version). Father, even in […]

“Of the Jews five times did I [Paul] receive forty stripes [whippings] save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods: once I was stoned: thrice I suffered shipwreck: a night and a day I was in the depth of the sea” (2 Corinthians 11:24, 25 1587 Geneva Version). Father, when You called on Paul as […]

“For ye suffer [as] fooles gladly, because that yee are wise. For ye suffer, euen if a man bring you into bondage, if a man deuoure [devour] you, if a man take your goods, if a man exalt himselfe, if a man smite you on the face” (2 Corinthians 11:19, 20 1587 Geneva Version). Father, […]

“But let him that reioyceth, reioyce in the Lorde. For hee that praiseth himselfe, is not alowed, but he whome the Lorde praiseth” (2 Corinthians 10:17, 18 1587 Geneva Version). Father, You are worthy of all our praises. We bow our faces before You and are grateful to trust You in all things. Through Your […]

“And hauing ready the vengeance against all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled. Looke yee on things after the appearance? If any man trust in himselfe that hee is Christes, let him consider this againe of himself, that as he is Christes, euen so are we Christes” (2 Corinthians 10:6, 7 1587 Geneva Version). Father, […]