2 Corinthians 12:1–10: Paul's Trauma

Abstract

Trauma theory offers us a different way of looking at 2 Cor 12:1–10, the passage that discusses Paul's “thorn in the flesh.” Rather than seeing the nature of the “thorn” as a riddle to be solved, we can look at the way Paul talks about his pain and his ability to come to terms with it as evidence of trauma and its resolution.