1Cor 2:3, 2Cor 10:10, 12:7 | Family | STEP | In weakness--fear--trembling ; he knew that he had many enemies. He felt deeply his insufficiency, and was fearful that he should fail of success. God, however, who knew his difficulties, had compassion on him, and encouraged him to go forward. .

1 Corinthians 2:3

In weakness--fear--trembling; he knew that he had many enemies. He felt deeply his insufficiency, and was fearful that he should fail of success. God, however, who knew his difficulties, had compassion on him, and encouraged him to go forward. Ac 18:6,9,10; 2Co 10:10.

2 Corinthians 10:10

Say they; his opposers.

2 Corinthians 12:7

A thorn in the flesh; this seems to have been some bodily infirmity of a painful and humbling character.

The messenger of Satan; this is best understood of the thorn in the flesh, which is called the messenger of Satan, because he made use of it to buffet the apostle. The buffeting we may well suppose came in the way of temptation to impatience, despondency, and the like unholy feelings.