For if I do wish to boast I will not be (A)foolish, (B)for I will be speaking the truth; but I refrain from this, so that no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me.

A Thorn in the Flesh

Because of the surpassing greatness of the (C)revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given me a (D)thorn in the flesh, a (E)messenger of Satan to [a]torment me—to keep me from exalting myself! Concerning this I implored the Lord (F)three times that it might leave me.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 12:7 Lit beat