For the removal of this affliction, (of what nature soever it was), for the taking of this thorn out of my flesh, I prayed often. It is lawful for us to pray for the removal of bodily evils, though such prayer must be always attended with a due submission to the wisdom and will of God; they being not evils in themselves, but such trials as God intendeth for our good, (as it was here in Paul's case), and which issue in our spiritual advantage.
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2 Corinthians 12:8
8 For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.