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 about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties.

Who is the man Paul is talking about in 2 Corinthians 12?

Paul speaks in the third person to show his humility and modesty. He says himself a "man", not to distinguish from an angel or any other creature; maybe only to express his gender (the Syriac version uses a distinct masculine word) or just to denote a person.

What was Paul's thorn?

Paul's thorn in the flesh has been a thorn to more people than almost any other passage in the Word of God. ... Further, the 7th Verse states that Paul's thorn was a messenger of Satan to torment him. We learn that God did not send the messenger: Satan sent it. The next time you are sick, give Satan the credit: not God.