2 CORINTHIANS 12:7 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given to me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me — this is the *crux* of Paul's theology of *weakness*. A *skolops tē sarki*, thorn/stake in flesh, (*skolops* = splinter, stake driven into wood) was *didōmi*, given, to him. The *doulóphoros*, torture is from a *angelos Satana*, messenger of Satan. Yet God *permitted* this *affliction*.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 12:7
“And that I should not be exalted overmuch, through the exceeding greatness of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, to buffet me.” What do you say? He that counted not the kingdom to be anything; no, nor yet hell in respect of his longing after Christ; did he deem honor from the many to be anything, so as both to be lifted up and to need that curb continually? For he did not say, 'that he “might” buffet me,' but “that he” may…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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