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# because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations
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"because those revelations were so much greater than anything anyone else had ever seen"
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# a thorn in the flesh was given to me
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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/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# a thorn in the flesh
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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/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# a messenger from Satan
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"a servant of Satan"
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# overly proud
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"too proud"
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