JETS 50:3 (September 2007) p. 464 The last reference to Satan as a servant of God that we will look at is found in 2 Cor 12:7, where Paul writes, “Therefore, to keep me from being too elated, a thorn was given to me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan to torment me, to keep me from being too elated.” The identification of the thorn is a well-known crux interpretum, and there probably is not sufficient evidence to resolve it. Most think it was some form of physical or