2 Corinthians 11:30
If it is necessary to glory, I will glory of the things that concern my weaknesses.
Catholic Public Domain 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 scandalized, and I am not being burned?
31The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.
Cross References
Proverbs 27:2Let another praise you, and not your own mouth: an outsider, and not your own lips.
1 Corinthians 2:3And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and with much trembling.
2 Corinthians 12:1If it is necessary (though certainly not expedient) to glory, then I will next tell of visions and revelations from the Lord.
Colossians 1:24For now I rejoice in my passion on your behalf, and I complete in my flesh the things that are lacking in the Passion of Christ, for the sake of 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 →