...spiritual advancement ; therefore, lest by such he should become exalted above measure, there was given him a thorn in the flesh — the messenger of Satan — to buffet him. And then, all we have to pass through, us we tread this "hidden path," is ordered — and well ordered...

...paradise, and heard unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for man to utter," e there was given unto him a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet him, lest he should be exalted above measure: and he besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from...

...shall she say, I will go and return to my first husband ; for then was it better with me than now?" A thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet him, saved Paul from being exalted above measure through the abundance of his revelations. David had been...

...occasion of these words may be found in the verses which precede the text. St. Paul had given unto him " a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan," to buffet him ; lest he should be exalted above measure. This has been thought by many to mean some bodily disease....

...he should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to him a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan, to buffet him. It may perhaps not appear so immediately reconcileable with reason to suppose that the great Strengthener...

...who shall deliver me from the body of this death ; and of the latter, where there , was given to him a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet him : with respect to both, most, if not all believers, are sooner or later, his companions in tribulation....

...revelations, and the view with which he was honoured of the celestial glories, there was given to him a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan, to buffet him, by grievously afflicting and distressing his nervous system ; that the being subject to such disorders,...

...shall she say, I will go and return to rny first husband ; for then was it better with me than now ?" A thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet him, saved Paul from being exalted above measure through the abundance of his revelations. David had been...

...that, lest he should be exalted above measure through the abundance of revelation, there was given him a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan, to buffet him," lest he should be exalted above measure. He must have something to keep down pride. Brethren, let us...

...were upon the earth, and had he no sins to mortify? And why was it necessary for the Lord to send him a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet him, to prevent him from being exalted above measure, had it not been for the remaining corruption of his...