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2 Corinthians 12:7
King James Version (1769 Blayney revision, with Apocrypha) · Berean Standard Bible
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.
or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited (note: Some translators end the previous paragraph after verse 6, and begin verse 7 with So to keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations,), I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.