2 Corinthians 12:8
New English Translation
8 I asked the Lord three times about this, that it would depart from me.
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2 Corinthians 12:8
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
8 Three times[a] I begged the Lord about this, that it might leave me,(A)
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- 12:8 Three times: his prayer was insistent, like that of Jesus in Gethsemane, a sign of how intolerable he felt the thorn to be.
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