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What was Paul's "thorn in the flesh"?

Posted on September 11, 2012 Posted by Blue Letter Bible

Today’s post is adapted from the BLB FAQ section, where thousands of your top questions have been answered by Bible experts. What was the “thorn in the flesh” to which Paul makes reference inĀ 2 Corinthians 12:7-9? To keep me from becoming conceited because of these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in […]

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