2 Corinthians 12:7

New International Version

⁷or because of these surpassingly great revelations.^(A) Therefore, in order to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh,^(B) a messenger of Satan,^(C) to torment me.

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2 Corinthians 12:7

English Standard Version

⁷So ^(A)to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations,^[a] ^(B)a thorn was given me in the flesh, ^(C)a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited.

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2 Corinthians 12:7 Or hears from me, even because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited

2 Corinthians 12:7

New American Standard Bible

A Thorn in the Flesh

⁷Because of the extraordinary greatness of the ^(A)revelations, for this reason, to keep me from exalting myself, there was given to me a ^(B)thorn in the flesh, a ^(C)messenger of Satan to ^[a]torment me—to keep me from exalting myself!

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2 Corinthians 12:7

New King James Version

The Thorn in the Flesh

⁷And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of the revelations, a ^(A)thorn in the flesh was given to me, ^(B)a messenger of Satan to ^[a]buffet me, lest I be exalted above measure.

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