And, lest I should be too much exalted by the excellence of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I might not be too much exalted.

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,

Have I committed a sin, in making myself lowly, that you might be exalted, because I preached the gospel to you without cost?

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,