7 It was for this reason, lest I should be over-elated, that there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, to buffet me, lest I should be over-elated.
8 Concerning this, three times over I supplicated the Lord that it might leave me;
9 but he has answered me. "My grace is sufficient for you; it is in weakness that my power is perfected."