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2 Corinthians 12:6

“Even if I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me,”
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4Was caught up to Paradise. The things he heard were inexpressible, things that man is not permitted to tell.

5I will boast about such a man, but I will not boast about myself, except in my weaknesses.

6Even if I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me,

7Or because of these surpassingly great revelations. So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.

8Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.

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