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- From: Rick Hubbard <rhubbard AT midmaine.com>
- To: Corpus-paul <corpus-paul AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
- Subject: Re: Paul's "Thorn"
- Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 07:15:07 -0400
Ah yes, a thorny question for certain. It may be that there is no
completely defensible answer to your inquiry. Perhaps if you wish to
pursue it a bit further, it would be useful for you to examine the ways
in which Paul often contrasts "body" (SOMA) with flesh (SARX)
elsewhere. You may
find that in the context of 2Cor 12.7, Paul seems to refer to some
physical affliction, or you perhaps will not. In any case, I would
tread fairly lightly with the hypothesis that Paul's "thorn in the
flesh" in this text is a "woman."
1cE aN6eL wrote:
> In Sencond Corithians Chapter Twelve verse Seven, Paul State that due
> to his danger of becoming prideful in the revelations that were showen
> him, God called upon a "Thorn in his side" or as Paul put
> it, a messenger of satan (I do not use capital "S" for satan due to my
> disgust for him).
> Some have speculated that it was a women, a female that lured him into
> trouble.
>
> Can anyone shed light on this mysetry?
>
> -B. Paul Albrecht
-
Paul's "Thorn",
1cE aN6eL, 04/11/2000
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: Paul's "Thorn", Harold R. Holmyard III, 04/11/2000
- Re: Paul's "Thorn", Jack Kilmon, 04/11/2000
- Re: Paul's "Thorn", Rick Hubbard, 04/13/2000
- Re: Paul's "Thorn", Jim Hester, 04/15/2000
- Re: Paul's "Thorn", Frank W. Hughes, 04/15/2000
- Re: Paul's "Thorn", Doug Jantz, 04/15/2000
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