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.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Et pour que je ne sois pas enflé d'orgueil, à cause de l'excellence de ces révélations, il m'a été mis une écharde dans la chair, un ange de Satan pour me souffleter et m'empêcher de m'enorgueillir.
KJV
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.
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
tation from the flesh be without sin, as declared by a gloss [*St. Augustine, De Civ. Dei xix, 4] on 2 Cor. 12:7, "There was given me a sting of my flesh." Hence we must say that she has an aureole properly speaking, so as to be conformed in this to those other members of the Chu…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 99 (Migne)
t a me; et dixit mihi, sufficit tibi gratia mea: nam virtus [Col. 0275B] in infirmitate perficitur (II Cor. XII, 7 seq.) . Item [Note: [Col. 0275] Ven., idem.] ipse repetens dicit: Video aliam legem in membris meis, repugnantem legi mentis meae, et captivantem me in lege peccat…
Various
Patrologia Latina Vol. 100 (Migne)
cata infirmetur.» Saepe infirmatur homo ne extollatur in donis Dei, sicut de Paulo apostolo legitur (II Cor. XII, 7) ; saepe ut probetur, tribulatur, sicut beati Job patientia tribulata et probata est; saepe infirmitas pro castigatione datur, ut illud: Flagellat Deus omnem filium…
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