 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.  The Works... - Page 73by William Paley - 1824Full view - About this book
 | William Paley - Theology - 1825 - 436 pages
...and then proceeds to describe a particular instance, and afterwards adds, " lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given me a thorn in the flesh." Upon the whole, the matter admits of no softening qualification or ambiguity whatever. If St. Paul... | |
 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 630 pages
...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 1 should be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart... | |
 | William Paley, Edmund Paley - Bible - 1825 - 354 pages
...should be exalted," says he, " above measure, through the abundance of revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me." Thus then, in both epistles, the notice of his infirmity is suited to the place in which it is found.... | |
 | Richard Cecil - Theology - 1825 - 436 pages
...chapter of St. Paul's Second Epistle to the Corinthians. ' There was given to me,' says the Apostle, ' a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me.' And, so sharp was the thorn, and so tormenting the buffeting, that, he adds, ' for this thing I besought... | |
 | Walter Balfour - Devil - 1826 - 372 pages
...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." The word which is here translated messenger is angelos, and which in other places is rendered angel.... | |
 | Walter Balfour - Devil - 1826 - 380 pages
...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." The word which is here translated messenger is angelos, and which in other places is rendered angel.... | |
 | 1826 - 870 pages
...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." What can be more clear than this ? That I might not be exalted ; for this reason, says he, God permitted... | |
 | 1858 - 726 pages
...lest I should be exalted above measure through the abnndanca 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. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace... | |
 | George Bull - Christian life - 1827 - 518 pages
...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. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace... | |
 | 1827 - 524 pages
...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. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me; and he said unto me ; JMy... | |
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