St. Paul's "thorn of the flesh"

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2 Corinthians 10:
“7 And lest the greatness of the revelations should exalt me, there was given me a sting of my flesh, an angel of Satan, to buffet me. 8 For which thing, thrice I besought the Lord that it might depart from me. 9 And he said to me: My grace is sufficient for you: for power is made perfect in infirmity. Gladly therefore will I glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may dwell in me. 10 For which cause I please myself in my infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses, for Christ. For when I am weak, then am I powerful.”
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What exactly is Paul referring to here? Covetousness?
 
since Paul does not share that information, it is between him and God.
 
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2 Corinthians 10:

What exactly is Paul referring to here? Covetousness?
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I always thought it was literally a Satanic angel or demon sent to harass him which is like a thorn in the flesh in that it caused him suffering. Obviously I don’t think Paul was possessed by the demon just harassed/battered/buffeted by it.
 
Some scholars think it was eye problems. A lot of his letters were dictated to and written by someone else.
 
"7 And lest the greatness of the revelations should exalt me, there was given me a sting of my flesh, an angel of Satan, to buffet me.

That makes me think it was a temptation (an angel of Satan) of the flesh Paul found humiliating or shameful (lest he be exalted).
 
Some connect the “thorn” (2 Cor 12:7) with someone who opposed Paul and harassed him. There is a similair Hebrew idiom in (Num 33:55).

"But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those whom you allow to remain will become as barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides, and they will harass you in the country where you live,
 
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