Bible: 2 Cor. 12:5-7

12:5 On behalf of such an individual I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except about my weaknesses. 12:6 For even if I wish to boast, I will not be a fool, for I would be telling 1  the truth, but I refrain from this so that no one may regard 2  me beyond what he sees in me or what he hears from me, 12:7 even because of the extraordinary character of the revelations. Therefore, 3  so that I would not become arrogant, a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan to trouble 4  me – so that I would not become arrogant. 5 
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