2 Corinthians 11:17

In this confident boasting of mine, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as a fool.

Berean Standard Bible

In The King James Version

That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.

In Context

16I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

18Since many are boasting according to the flesh, I too will boast.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 7:12To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.

2 Corinthians 9:4Otherwise, if any Macedonians come with me and find you unprepared, we—to say nothing of you—would be ashamed of having been so confident.

Philippians 3:3For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence 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 →

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