Thematic Bible
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Paul » Has "a thorn in the flesh,"
So, to keep me from being over-elated, there was sent upon me a physical disease, sharp as a piercing stake, a messenger of Satan, to continue afflicting me, and so to keep me, I repeat, from being over-elated. Three times I begged the Lord about this to make it go away and leave me, but He said to me, "My spiritual strength is sufficient, for it is only by means of conscious weakness that perfect power is developed."
And yet you know that it was because of an illness of mine that I preached the good news to you the first time, but still you did not scorn the test my illness made of you, nor did you spurn me for it; on the contrary, you welcomed me as an angel of God, as Christ Jesus Himself.
Paul's » Voyage to rome - with luke, aristarchus, and others ac 27-28 » Thorn
So, to keep me from being over-elated, there was sent upon me a physical disease, sharp as a piercing stake, a messenger of Satan, to continue afflicting me, and so to keep me, I repeat, from being over-elated.
And yet you know that it was because of an illness of mine that I preached the good news to you the first time,