 | Deanna Blackmon Jones - Religion - 2007 - 194 pages
...limitations. To counteract the blessings, God allowed for Satan to buffet him. "And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations,...buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure" ( 2 Cor. 12:7). And add to this the speculation and debate regarding Paul's, "thorn in the flesh."... | |
 | William Moore - Religion - 2007 - 110 pages
...performed through the spiritual gifts. This is explained in 1 Cor. 12:7, "And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations,...the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest 1 should be exalted above measure." (KJV) Unless we should be left with the wrong impression, we should... | |
 | Barry Jenkins - Religion - 2007 - 186 pages
...Paul, He might not want to heal me. The actual passage is as follows: "And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations,...the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest / should be exalted above measure, For this thing / besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart... | |
 | M. Denise Baccus - 2007 - 129 pages
...God" (2 Cor. 3:5). The Apostle Paul experienced such humiliation, writing "...lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations,...the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me... "(2 Cor. 12:7). In the next chapter, we will examine the aspect of humiliation as the next step in... | |
 | Philip Schaff - Religion - 2007 - 641 pages
...known to hint but what appertained to wisdom. Yet for all this he says ; " Lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations,...in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that He would take it away from me. And He said unto me,... | |
 | Kay Adkins - Religion - 2007 - 333 pages
...God sees when He looks at me. ...and lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the...buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. 2 Corinthians 12:7 There's been much speculation concerning what Paul's "thorn in the flesh" was. The... | |
 | Philip Schaff - Religion - 2007 - 564 pages
...hungry are blessed. Should pain afflict you, read " Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities," and " There was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger...buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure."* Rejoice in all God's judgments; for does not the psalmist say: "The daughters of Judah rejoiced because... | |
 | Philip Schaff - Religion - 2007 - 524 pages
...messenger of Satan to buffet me," and having thus signified his repeated trials, he goes on to add, " For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it...might depart from me; and He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee, for My strength is perfected in weakness."4 "My power," He means, "is seen then... | |
 | Reverend Alexander Roberts - Religion - 2007 - 584 pages
...as having obtained His gift of grace, and as being enriched with magnificent honour,ie he says : " For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it...might depart from me. And He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee ; for strength is made perfect in weakness." " Again, that it was the Paraclete... | |
 | Guy Parrish - Fiction - 2007 - 194 pages
...day, and to always rescue every damsel in distress. Paul asked for a miracle, but God gave him grace: "For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it...might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness" (II Corinthians 12:8-9). What does... | |
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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. 
