Rook
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“And by reason of the exceeding greatness of the revelations, that I should not be exalted overmuch, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to buffet me, that I should not be exalted overmuch.” 2 Corinthians 12:7
It’s strange to me that it’s taught by brethren that no one knows what this is or what it could have been.
Clearly this reference applies to a person…maybe multiple people, but even that seems a bit of a stretch to me. He didn’t bother going into much detail about them, and for a reason I’m sure, but again I don’t understand why brethren say we can’t possibly know what he was referring to. Even though it’s a figure of speech he tells us right there in the same breath that this thorn in the flesh he speaks of is a messenger of Satan. I’m curious if it could possibly be referring to someone who was stalking and harassing him in some ways.
i supposed the takeaway for us is that, even though this is something that Paul had to deal with from the enemy it was not enough to stop the work he did, which is a good thing!
It’s strange to me that it’s taught by brethren that no one knows what this is or what it could have been.
Clearly this reference applies to a person…maybe multiple people, but even that seems a bit of a stretch to me. He didn’t bother going into much detail about them, and for a reason I’m sure, but again I don’t understand why brethren say we can’t possibly know what he was referring to. Even though it’s a figure of speech he tells us right there in the same breath that this thorn in the flesh he speaks of is a messenger of Satan. I’m curious if it could possibly be referring to someone who was stalking and harassing him in some ways.
i supposed the takeaway for us is that, even though this is something that Paul had to deal with from the enemy it was not enough to stop the work he did, which is a good thing!