Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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.
The abundance
A thorn
The messenger
To buffet
General references
Bible References
Lest
2 Corinthians 10:5
overthrowing reasonings and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and leading captive every thought to the obedience of the Christ,
2 Corinthians 11:20
For you bear it, if one enslave you, if one devour you, if one take from you, if one exalt himself, if one smite you on the face,
1 Timothy 3:6
Not a new convert, lest, having become conceited, he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
The abundance
2 Corinthians 12:1
To boast is not suitable for me; I will come to visions and revelations from the Lord. -
A thorn
Galatians 4:13
You know that through weakness of the flesh I preached the gospel to you at the first:
The messenger
Luke 13:16
And ought not this woman, who is a daughter of Abra ham, whom Satan has bound, lo, these eighteen years, to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath-day?
1 Corinthians 5:5
that we deliver such a one over to Satan, for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
To buffet
Matthew 26:67
Then did they spit in his face, and strike him with their fists; some struck him with the open hand,
1 Corinthians 4:11
Even to this present hour we both hunger and thirst, and are poorly clothed, and are maltreated, and wander about without a home,
General references
1 Corinthians 2:3
And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling: