2 Corinthians 11:17
What I am now saying is not by the order of the Lord, but as a foolish person, taking credit to myself, as it seems.
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18Seeing that there are those who take credit to themselves after the flesh, I will do the same.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 7:12But to the rest I say, and not the Lord; If a brother has a wife who is not a Christian, and it is her desire to go on living with him, let him not go away from her.
2 Corinthians 9:4For fear that, if any from Macedonia come with me, and you are not ready, we (not to say, you) might be put to shame in this thing.
Philippians 3:3For we are the circumcision, who give worship to God and have glory in Jesus Christ, and have no faith in the flesh:
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 11:17-22
The Apostle Asserts His Claims. ( a. d. 57.) 16 I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little. 17 That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. 18 Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also. 19 For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise. 20 For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if… Read the whole commentary →