>So to keep me from becoming conceited, I was given a thorn

From that brief passage it sounds like some type of inferiority complex or intrusive thoughts.

>>8593100
probably a painful disease, gout or something. since you typically get thorns in your foot. for resisting sinful desires in spite of weakness, he will be all the more praised in heaven or some shit.

>>8593100

The exact nature of his 'thorn' is unknown, although people have speculated long and wide. But the result was that Paul was humbled by it and put in a position to recognize his weakness before God and his reliance on God's grace. Paul's background was as an upright and devout Pharisee, someone who puffed himself up by his knowledge and adherence to the law of Moses. His 'thorn' helped keep him from returning to his old and alluring habit of self-righteousness and instead always returning humbly to the foot of the cross.

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>>8593100
Some say it was epilepsy

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Some say it was homosexuality.

>>8593119
this.
no one knows, but it was obviously something debilitating enough to be a humbling condition. could be anything from a disease to a mental disorder to an obsession he couldn't overcome.
Not knowing exactly what it was makes it easier to empathize with the message, I think we're better off not knowing

>>8594330
Freud pls.