⁵⁹ While they were stoning him, Stephen prayed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”^(A)

⁸ Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.^(A)

⁹ But he said to me, “My grace^(A) is sufficient for you, for my power^(B) is made perfect in weakness.^(C)”^(D) Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

⁶ And again, when God brings his firstborn^(A) into the world,^(B) he says,

¹² In a loud voice they were saying: