Letter 707
To the Same Person.
Knowledge readily puffs up a person. Therefore he [the Apostle Paul] says: "Lest I should be exalted above measure"-just as certain persons were exalted above measure-"there was given to me a thorn [2 Corinthians 12:7] to guard me, so that I should not be exalted above measure."
AI-assisted translation - This translation was produced with AI assistance and has not been peer-reviewed. See the 19th-century translation or original Latin/Greek below for scholarly use.
Latin / Greek Original
Ἡ γνῶσις φυσιοῖ ῥᾳδίως τὸν ἄνθρωπον. Διό φησι·
« Μήποτε ὑπεραρθῶ, » καθό τινες ὑπερήρθησαν,
« ἐδόθη μοι σκόλοψ προφυλαττόμενός με, ἵνα μὴ
ὑπεραρθῶ. »
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