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4Q
You mentioned that in 2 Cor 12:9-10, the use of the word "infirmities"
indicated that Paul indeed suffered some kind of physical weaknesses
though unspecified, from his serious persecutions. My question is,
even after persecutions resulting various physical weaknesses,
couldn't God have still heal him and remove the physical pain
afterward? In other words, didn't the atonement indeed cover all
sicknesses and diseases (Matt 8:17)? If Paul had broken bones not set
right, couldn't he believe God for that healing later on?

Healing and creative miracles are different category. Since it is very
clear from Paul's writings in Galatians (Galatians 4:13; 6:17) that
his infirmities were in his physical body, we can only establish the
fact that he had received healing and still suffer from the scars left
over (much as we like to make him a super man and see him have a super
body that has no scar). I believe that it is possible to walk like
Enoch and be translated. We all should look to the full atonement and
believe God for creative miracles, whether we receive the full
manifestation or not is another story.  Yes, the atonement covers
healing but not everyone lives to fulfil John 14:12. Whether Paul or
anyone has reach the fullness does not affect or change the truth. It
is still the ultimate and final fullness of promise to all who
believe.

5Q
How long did those physical infirmities in 2 Cor 12:9-10 last in
Paul's body? Were they permanent or only for the time when Paul was
writing the 2 Corinthians Epistle?

From Scriptures, it seems that the grace God imparts was a daily grace
which enable Paul to overcome it each day - since his discovery of the
indwelling power of grace.

6Q
If those physical infirmities lasted all his life afterward or that
they were not healed by believing in the healing Word of God provided
through the atonement, wouldn't the devil come and use this argument
and so we may not be sure whether our sicknesses and diseases are of
this 2 Cor 12:9-10 type, so God may choose to not heal us? Then how
can we believe in unwavering faith to receive our healing of physical
infirmities? I know this is one common passage cited by many against
that it's God's will to heal all.

I believe that having received the indwelling grace, it no longer
affected Paul. Since it is not a sickness or disease, it shows the
daily ability of grace and strength that enables Paul. I don't think
anyone can try to misquote this verse for themselves (against healing)
because there are not many people we know who have been stoned to
death and resurrected, beaten with rods five times 39  times, whipped
and bashed. It remains as a testament of God's grace that enables a
human body to keep functioning despite the abuse and destruction
thrown upon it. I believe that after Paul's revelation of grace , he
no longer feels the pain or the discomfort because of the empowering
substance of strength that he receives each day. It is as good as
gone, although Paul did not receive a new translated body like Enoch.

7Q
Is it God's will to heal all (if they choose to come to Him and
believe with faith in perseverance)? I know we're not supposed to run
around looking for every sick person and heal them, but if someone
comes to God sincerely, repents of all his sins, and believe in His
healing promises the right way and heart, will God ever say "no" that
it's not His will to heal that person such as He told Paul that He's
not going to remove the physical infirmities? How does this come in
line with Isa 53:4-5, Matt 8:17, 1 Pet 2:24, and Mark 11:22-24 then?
If it's God's will to heal all as provided in the atonement, how come
He didn't heal Paul but instead gave grace to endure through the
infirmities?

Yes, it is always God's Will to heal all. He did heal Paul, He just
did not give him a new body.

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