7 So *to keep me from becoming conceited because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations,**a thorn was given me in the flesh, *a messenger of Satan to harass me, to keep me from becoming conceited. 8 *Three times I pleaded with the Lord about this, that it should leave me. 9 But he said to me, *"My grace is sufficient for you, for *my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that *the power of Christ may rest upon me.