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-# General Information:
-This verse reveals that Paul was speaking about himself beginning in [2 Corinthians 12:2](../12/02.md).
-
-# Connecting Statement:
-
-As Paul defends his apostleship, he tells of the weakness that God gave him to keep him humble.
-
 # because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations
 
 "because those revelations were so much greater than anything anyone else had ever seen"
 
 # a thorn in the flesh was given to me
 
-This can be stated in active form. Alternate translation: "God gave me a thorn in the flesh" or "God allowed me to have a thorn in the flesh" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-activepassive]])
+"God gave me a thorn in the flesh" or "God allowed me to have a thorn in the flesh"
 
 # a thorn in the flesh
 
-Here Paul's physical problems are compared to a thorn piercing his flesh. Alternate translation: "an affliction" or "a physical problem" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+Here Paul's physical problems are compared to a thorn piercing his flesh. Alternate translation: "an affliction" or "a physical problem" 
 
 # a messenger from Satan