 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 Review of Reviews - Page 23edited by - 1896Full view - About this book
 | 1832
...should be exalted above measure," says that great apostle, "through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me." (2 Cor. xii. 7.) Also that the epithet, being possessed by devils, is therein applied to many common... | |
 | William Burkitt - 1832
...I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to roe a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan, to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. Observe here, The great and special sin which St. Paul was in danger of, by the abundance... | |
 | 1832 - 226 pages
...heareth of me. 7 And lest I should be exalted ahove measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger ol Satan to bulfet me, lest I should be exalted ahove measure. 8 For this thing I besought the Lord... | |
 | Stephen D. Cox - 2006 - 394 pages
...still existed: 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. (2 Corinthians 12:7) No one knows the nature of this famous "thorn in the flesh." It may have been... | |
 | John Phillips - 2005 - 560 pages
...attack. He wrote, "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" (2 Corinthians 12:7). Whatever Paul's affliction was (epilepsy, bad eyes, or the like), the fact is... | |
 | Destiny Image - 2004 - 575 pages
...hears of me. 4 And lest I should be exalted beyond measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to hit me, lest I should be exalted beyond measure. For this thing I besought the Lord three times, that... | |
 | Brad Tuttle - 2005 - 296 pages
...people think it was demonic opposition that was continually besetting him because he identified it as "the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure." Whatever it was, God used that trial to lead Paul to humbly depend on Him. God allows... | |
 | Ken Primus - 2006 - 64 pages
...heareth of me. 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. For this thing I besought [cried to] the Lord thrice that it might depart from me. And... | |
 | Greg S. Pettys - 2006 - 156 pages
...heareth of me. 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." Here we see the purpose of the thorn in the flesh: the thorn was given to buffet Paul... | |
 | Obed Kirkpatrick - 2006 - 268 pages
...Corinthians 12: 7: "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." In acts 9, Paul is on his way to Damascus to capture followers of Jesus, "And Saul,... | |
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