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5 Of such an one I boast: yet of myself I boast not - except in my frailties.
6 For whenever I will to boast, I become not thoughtless; for I say the truth; but I spare: lest anyone reckon me above what he sees me, or somewhat hears of me.
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THE THORN OF PAULOS
And lest I be superciliously exalted through the excellence of the apocalypses, I was given a thorn in the flesh - an angel of Satan to punch me, lest I be superciliously exalted. Numbers 33:55, Joshua 23:13, Judges 2:3, Ezekiel El 28:24, Nahum 1:10 8 For this I besought Adonay thrice that it depart from me. 9 And he said to me, My charism is sufficient for you: for my dynamis is completed/shalamed in frailty. So rather, with pleasure I boast in my frailties, that the dynamis of the Messiah tabernacle upon me. 10 So I well-approve in frailties, in hubris, in compulsions, in persecutions, in distresses for sake of Messiah: for when I am frail, then I am able. 11 I become thoughtless in boasting; you compel me - for I am indebted: for I am behind in naught of the extremely superior apostles - though I am naught.
THE THORN OF PAULOS
And lest I be superciliously exalted through the excellence of the apocalypses, I was given a thorn in the flesh - an angel of Satan to punch me, lest I be superciliously exalted. Numbers 33:55, Joshua 23:13, Judges 2:3, Ezekiel El 28:24, Nahum 1:10 8 For this I besought Adonay thrice that it depart from me. 9 And he said to me, My charism is sufficient for you: for my dynamis is completed/shalamed in frailty. So rather, with pleasure I boast in my frailties, that the dynamis of the Messiah tabernacle upon me. 10 So I well-approve in frailties, in hubris, in compulsions, in persecutions, in distresses for sake of Messiah: for when I am frail, then I am able. 11 I become thoughtless in boasting; you compel me - for I am indebted: for I am behind in naught of the extremely superior apostles - though I am naught.