5. Of such a person, I will boast. Yet of myself I will not boast, except in my weaknesses.
6. For if I desire to boast, I will not be a fool, for I will be speaking the truth. But now I resist, lest anyone should think of me above that which he sees me to be or hears from me.
7. And lest I should be exalted above measure by the abundance of revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me, lest I be exalted above measure.
8. I asked the Lord three times that this thing might depart from me.