2 Corinthians 11:30
If it is necessary to boast, I will boast of the things of my weakness.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.
In Context
29Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is caused to stumble, and I am not made fiery?
Cross References
Proverbs 27:2Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth, a stranger, and not thine own lips.
1 Corinthians 2:3And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
2 Corinthians 12:1(Really, to me boasting is not helpful.) For I will come to visions and revelations of Lord.
Colossians 1:24I now rejoice in sufferings for you, and make complete in my flesh things lacking of the afflictions of the Christ for his body, which is the church.
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 11:23-33
The Apostle Recounts His Sufferings. ( a. d. 57.) 22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I. 23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. 24 Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. 25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; 26 In journeyings often, in… Read the whole commentary →