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.
Apostle who spread Christianity
2 Corinthians 12:7, on his 'thorn in the flesh'
c. 55-58 CE
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"Wherefore if meat make my brother to offend, I will eat no flesh while the world standeth, lest I make my brother to offend."
Strange & Unusual"In all circumstances take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one; and take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word …"
Humorous"If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal."
Humorous"For in him we live and move and have our being."
Philosophical"But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong."
Strange & Unusual