Even if I should
choose to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the
truth. But I refrain, so no one will think more of me than is warranted
by what I do or say, or because of these surpassingly great revelations.
Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a
thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me. Three times I
pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me. But he said to me, "My
grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness."
Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that
Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight
in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in
difficulties. For when I am weak then I am strong.
Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh
Numbers 33:55 " 'But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides. They will give you trouble in the land where you will live.' "
a messenger of Satan, to torment me
Matthew 4:10 Jesus said to him, "Away from me, Satan! For it is written 'Worship the Lord your God, and serve him only.' " (Deuteronomy 6:13)
Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me
Matthew 26:39 Going a little farther he fell with his face to the ground and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, may this cup be taken from me. Yet not as I will, but as you will."
Matthew 26:44 So he left them and went away once more and prayed the third time, saying the same thing.
(parentheses are mine)
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