Paul’s visions could have caused him to become proud, but God allowed him to have this thorn to keep him humble. There have been many ideas given about what Paul’s thorn was, but we don’t really know what it was. This allows us to apply this verse to whatever suffering we may be going through. Regardless of the fact that we cannot know for sure what Paul was really facing, let’s look at what some scholars have thought it might be. The word thorn can also be translated as stake. One of the punishments that was used for criminals was impaling their bodies on a stake. Because of this picture, it is believed that Paul’s thorn was of a physical nature, but this has not been the view of everyone.
Calvin was one of these people. He said that the
Calvin was one of these people. He said that the