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
We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ,
2 Corinthians 11:20
For you put up with anyone if he makes slaves of you, or preys upon you, or takes advantage of you, or exalts himself, or strikes you in the face.
1 Timothy 3:6
He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
The abundance
2 Corinthians 12:1
I must go on boasting, though there is nothing to be gained by it; but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.
A thorn
Galatians 4:13
you know it was because of an illness in the flesh that I preached the gospel to you at first;
The messenger
Luke 13:16
Then ought not this woman, a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound for eighteen years, be loosed on the Sabbath day from this bond?"
1 Corinthians 5:5
you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
To buffet
Matthew 26:67
Then they spat in his face and struck him with their fists; and others slapped him,
1 Corinthians 4:11
To this present hour we are both hungry and thirsty, and we are poorly clothed, and roughly treated, and homeless;
General references
1 Corinthians 2:3
I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling,