2 Corinthians 12

Which worship songs are based on 2 Corinthians 12?

  1. His Glory & My Good — CityAlight (2026) 2 Corinthians 12:7-9

    The enduring thorn and the need for divine help to bear it unmistakably evoke Paul’s affliction, which remained despite prayer and taught him dependence on Christ’s sufficient grace.

  2. Let It Begin — Big Daddy Weave (2024) 2 Corinthians 12:7-9

    The pairing of a persistent thorn with weakness becoming evidence of divinely supplied grace strongly recalls Paul's account of his thorn and Christ's assurance that grace is sufficient in weakness.

  3. Give Me the Eyes — Allie Paige (2025) 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

    The contrast between personal weakness and God's strength closely reflects Paul's teaching that divine power is displayed through human weakness.

  4. Strong — Anne Wilson (2023) 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

    The bridge directly reflects Paul’s teaching that Christ’s power is manifested through human weakness and that believers can therefore possess strength precisely when they are weak.

  5. Driven — Chaotic Resemblance (2022) 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

    The assertion that weakness produces greater strength directly reflects Paul's paradox that Christ's power is perfected in weakness and that he is strong when weak.

  6. Please — Katy Nichole (2023) 2 Corinthians 12:9

    The assurance that divine grace remains sufficient amid personal weakness closely paraphrases Paul's account of Christ's grace being sufficient and power being perfected in weakness.

  7. Power Perfect — Kings Kaleidoscope (2020) 2 Corinthians 12:9

    The bridge's description of power as perfected, together with the recurring emphasis on power given to the weak, closely echoes Paul's teaching that Christ's power reaches its perfection in human weakness.

  8. Nothing Left to Hide — Lecrae (2020) 2 Corinthians 12:9

    Lecrae directly invokes Paul's assurance that divine grace is sufficient, applying it to salvation as grounded in Christ's sacrifice rather than in appearing religious enough.

  9. Clean — Newsboys (2021) 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

    The confession that divine strength operates through personal weakness closely reflects Paul's teaching that Christ's power is perfected in weakness.

  10. Just a Closer Walk With Thee (live – TV) — Patsy Cline (2025) 2 Corinthians 12:9

    The song reflects the sentiment of acknowledging human weakness and relying on divine strength, paralleling the message of 2 Corinthians 12:9, where Paul speaks of God's grace being sufficient in our weakness.

  11. Not Going Anywhere — Rita Springer (2024) 2 Corinthians 12:9

    The request for God's sufficient grace directly draws on God's response to Paul concerning strength supplied amid weakness.

  12. Fruit Takes Time — SEU Worship, Chelsea Plank (2025) 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

    The singer's discovery of divine strength through personal weakness closely reflects Paul's teaching that Christ's power is manifested most fully in weakness.

  13. God Had Other Plans — Zauntee (2024) 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

    The song directly echoes Paul's teaching that human weakness becomes the setting in which Christ's strength is displayed.

  14. Turn — Ben Fuller (2025) 2 Corinthians 12:9

    The song reflects the idea that in moments of weakness, God's strength is made perfect, resonating with the message of relying on divine support during struggles.

  15. If It Was Up To Me — Carrie Underwood & Ben Fuller (2025) 2 Corinthians 12:9

    The lyrics convey the transformative power of grace in the midst of struggles, echoing Paul's message about God's grace being sufficient in weakness.

  16. Never Will — Life.Church Worship (2020) 2 Corinthians 12:9

    The bridge presents divine strength as active precisely within human weakness, closely reflecting Paul's teaching that Christ's power is perfected in weakness.

  17. Jesus Over Everything (Live) — Naomi Raine (2025) 2 Corinthians 12:9

    The description of divine strength reaching perfection in human weakness closely paraphrases Christ's response to Paul concerning sufficient grace and perfected power.

  18. Rest Of My Life — Childlike CiCi (2024) 2 Corinthians 12:9

    The song directly invokes Paul's account of Christ declaring the sufficiency of divine grace, applying that grace to the singer's unearned restoration and endurance.

  19. Come And See — Jeremy Rosado (2023) 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

    The bridge describes divine strength becoming evident amid personal weakness, closely reflecting Paul's teaching that Christ's power is displayed through human weakness.

  20. Morning glory, don't you worry. — Citizens (2025) 2 Corinthians 12:9

    The song presents weakness, rather than control or self-protection, as the place where power becomes known. This closely reflects Paul's teaching that divine power reaches its fullness in human weakness.

  21. Around the Corner — Mike Teezy (2024) 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

    The song repeatedly presents human weakness as the occasion for strength supplied by God, reflecting Paul's teaching that divine power is displayed through weakness.

  22. Too Comfortable — Bizzle & Sharon Ann (2025) 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

    The chorus identifies human weakness as the setting in which divine strength is most dependable, closely paraphrasing Paul’s teaching that Christ’s power is perfected in weakness.

  23. I Still Have You — Smokie Norful (2022) 2 Corinthians 12:9-10

    The recurring claim that weakness can coexist with spiritual strength and continued possession of God closely reflects Paul's teaching that Christ's power is perfected in human weakness.

2 Corinthians 12 (King James Version)

1 It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

2 I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.

3 And I knew such a man, (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;)

4 How that he was caught up into paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter.

5 Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.

6 For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.

7 And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.

8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.

9 And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.

10 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.

11 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.

12 Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.

13 For what is it wherein ye were inferior to other churches, except it be that I myself was not burdensome to you? forgive me this wrong.

14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

15 And I will very gladly spend and be spent for you; though the more abundantly I love you, the less I be loved.

16 But be it so, I did not burden you: nevertheless, being crafty, I caught you with guile.

17 Did I make a gain of you by any of them whom I sent unto you?

18 I desired Titus, and with him I sent a brother. Did Titus make a gain of you? walked we not in the same spirit? walked we not in the same steps?

19 Again, think ye that we excuse ourselves unto you? we speak before God in Christ: but we do all things, dearly beloved, for your edifying.

20 For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:

21 And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.