The passage discusses how God uses weaknesses for his glory. It provides the examples of how God gave Paul a "thorn in his flesh" to keep him from becoming conceited due to great revelations, and how Paul pleaded three times for God to remove it but God said His grace is sufficient. Paul then boasted in his weaknesses so that Christ's power could rest on him. The passage goes on to say God delights in putting his power into ordinary containers and how people like Moses, Gideon and Abraham were considered weak but God used them. It suggests admitting weaknesses and being content with them as an expression of faith in God's power.