2 Corinthians 11:12

But what I am doing, I will continue to do, so that I may take away an opportunity from those who desire an opportunity by which they may glory, so as to be considered to be like us.

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In The King James Version

But what I do, that I will do, that I may cut off occasion from them which desire occasion; that wherein they glory, they may be found even as we.

In Context

11Why so? Is it because I do not love you? God knows I do.

13For false apostles, such as these deceitful workers, are presenting themselves as if they were Apostles of Christ.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 5:6It is not good for you to glory. Do you not know that a little leaven corrupts the entire mass?

2 Corinthians 1:17Then, although I had intended this, did I act lightly? Or in the things that I consider, do I consider according to the flesh, so that there would be, with me, both Yes and No?

2 Corinthians 10:17But whoever glories, let him glory in the Lord.

2 Corinthians 11:18Since so many glory according to the flesh, I will glory also.

Galatians 6:13And yet, neither do they themselves, who are circumcised, keep the law. Instead, they want you to be circumcised, so that they may glory in your flesh.

1 Timothy 5:14Therefore, I want the younger women to marry, to procreate children, to be mothers of families, to provide no ready opportunity for the adversary to speak evil.

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 11:6-16

The Apostle Asserts His Claims. ( a. d. 57.) 5 For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles. 6 But though I be rude in speech, yet not in knowledge; but we have been thoroughly made manifest among you in all things. 7 Have I committed an offence in abasing myself that ye might be exalted, because I have preached to you the gospel of God freely? 8 I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service. 9 And when I was present with you, and wanted, I was chargeable to no man: for that… Read the whole commentary →

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