1.and if Paul had not had his thorn in the flesh we had missed much of that tenderness which quivers in so many of his letters.
如果保罗没有一根刺加在肉体上，在他许多的书信上一定会失去多少温柔！
2.The Castro regime is a thorn in the flesh; but it is not a dagger in the heart.
卡斯特罗政权是一根肉中刺，然而还不是刺在心上的一把刀。
3.Paul's reaction to the 'thorn in the flesh' was perfectly natural and spiritually correct.
保罗再三祈求神替他除去这根肉体中的刺，这乃人之常情，在属灵的层面也是非常正确的。
4.The man is a thorn in the flesh to Tom.
对汤姆来说这个人是他的眼中钉。
5.And the apostle Paul prayed three times that the thorn in the flesh be removed
使徒保罗曾三次祷告，求神除去他身上的刺。