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Close dry thorn twig lying separately beside folded linen on plain stone, no body, wound or being.
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2 Corinthians 12:7

A Thorn Against Self-Exaltation

Sufficient Grace and Costly Love · 2 Corinthians 12

Story guide: Visual essay: A separate thorn twig accompanies Paul's metaphor; it supplies no medical diagnosis or portrayal of Satan.

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7And because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations—so that I might not exalt myself—a thorn in the flesh was given to me, a messenger of Satan, so that it might torment me, so that I might not exalt myself.

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