2 Corinthians 12:7

“Gladly therefore shall I rather glory in infirmities, that the power of Christ may dwell in me.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 7–9.

“Paul, the chosen vessel,chastised his body, and brought it into subjection, lest after preaching to others he himself should be found a reprobate, andhe tells that there was given to him “a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet” him.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 7.

“Should pain afflict you, read “Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities,” and “There was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 10, 7.

“So the Lord stirred up against Paula Hadad the Edomite to buffet her that she might not be exalted, and warned her frequently by the thorn in her flesh not to be elated by the greatness of her own virtues or to fancy that, compared with other women, she had attained the summit of perfection.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 7.

“And Scripture testifies that Satan is the author of this bodily suffering and weakness of the flesh, where Paul says: “There was given unto me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I should not be exalted.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 7.

“…Lord troubled and stifled him;” or the design is to humble, as the apostle tells us, that there was given him a stake, the messenger of Satan, to buffet him; and even this sort of thing is not permitted in the case of holy men, unless it be that at the same time strength of endurance may be perfected in weakness.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 7.

““But withal himself says that ‘a stake was given him, an angel of Satan,’ by which he was to be buffeted, lest he should exalt himself.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 7–10.

“…so good and gracious, and so averse to blows and cruelty, should have suborned the angel Satan—not his own either, but the Creator’s—“to buffet” the apostle, and then to have refused his request, when thrice entreated to liberate him!” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 7, 8.

““Lest by the greatness,” he saith, “of the revelations I should be exalted, there was given to me a thorn of my flesh, the angel of Satan, to buffet me: wherefore thrice the Lord I besought, that it should depart from me: and He said to me, My grace is sufficient for thee, for virtue in weakness is made perfect.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 7–9.

“…the flesh, to buffet them, that they may not be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, so that strength be made perfect in weakness.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 7, 9.

“For He it is who hammereth: for the hammer could not do so of itself.…See how (I dare so speak, my brethren) even the Apostle was beaten with this very hammer: he saith, “there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan, to buffet me.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 7–10.

“When He giveth not, He therefore giveth not, lest that which He giveth do harm.…“Thou givest them meat in due season.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 7.

“And He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for strength is made perfect in weakness.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 7–9.

“Thou art he who didst thrice beseech the Lord, that “the thorn of the flesh, the messenger of Satan, by whom thou wast buffeted, might be taken away from thee.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 7, 8.

“And here, you see, good was brought about by that which was evil, when the evil was received in a good spirit.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 7–9.

“In a moment, by a demon’s malice, all the happiness of the house, all the brightness of life, is destroyed, and our lives are made a doleful story.” — editor's note: cf. Luke xiii. 16 and 2 Cor. xii. 7.

“For the just Judge has sent me, in accordance with my works, a messenger of Satan, who is buffeting me severely enough, and is vigorously defending the heresy.” — editor's note: cf. 2 Cor. xii. 7.

““There was given to me,” he says, “a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I should not be lifted up: for which thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me; and He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee, for strength is made perfect in weakness.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 7–9.

“And He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee; for strength is perfected in weakness.”” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 7–9.

“Farewell, ye Apostles, noble settlers here, my masters in the strife; if I have not often kept festival with you, it has been possibly due to the Satan which I, like S. Paul, who was one of you, carry about in my body for my own profit, and which is the cause of my now leaving you.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 7.

“Yet mayest thou gaze upon us from above, thou divine and sacred person; either stay by thy entreaties our thorn in the flesh, given to us by God for our discipline, or prevail upon us to bear it boldly, and guide all our life towards that which is most for our profit.” — editor's note: 2 Cor. xii. 7.

Acts 2:25 and 2 Corinthians 12:7 share the same wording (10 words).

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2 Corinthians 12:7 takes up the words of Deuteronomy 4:21 (8 words in common).

2 Corinthians 12:7 takes up the words of Psalm 30:3 (8 words in common).

2 Corinthians 12:7 takes up the words of Jeremiah 13:14 (8 words in common).