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
destroying [false] reasonings and every height which is exalted against the knowledge of God, and subjecting every thought to the obedience of Christ,
2 Corinthians 11:20
for you endure it if any one reduces you to servitude, if any one devours you, if any one takes from you, if any one exalts himself against you, if any one beats you in the face.
The abundance
2 Corinthians 12:1
It is not expedient therefore for me to boast [of these things]; for I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
A thorn
Galatians 4:13
but you knew I preached the gospel to you on my former [visit] in weakness of the flesh,
The messenger
Luke 13:16
And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has bound, behold, eighteen years, to be released from this bond on the sabbath?
1 Corinthians 5:5
to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord.
To buffet
Matthew 26:67
Then they spit in his face, and struck him with their fists, and some struck him with the palms of their hands,
1 Corinthians 4:11
Even to this hour we suffer hunger and thirst and nakedness, and are beaten, and are unsettled,
General references
1 Corinthians 2:3
And I was with you in weakness, and with fear and with much trembling,