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I will brag about a man like that. But I will not brag about myself, except about my weaknesses. But if I wanted to brag about myself, I would not be a fool. I would not be a fool, because I would be telling the truth. But I will not brag about myself. I do not want people to think more of me than what they see me do or hear me say.

But I must not become too proud of the wonderful things that were shown to me. So a painful problem[a] was given to me. This problem is a messenger from Satan. It is sent to beat me and keep me from being too proud.

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  1. 12:7 painful problem Literally, “thorn in the flesh.”

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