2 Corinthians 11:18
Seeing that many reioyce after the flesh, I will reioyce also.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
In Context
17That I speake, I speake it not after the Lord: but as it were foolishly, in this my great boasting.
19For ye suffer fooles gladly, because that yee are wise.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:10We are fooles for Christes sake, and ye are wise in Christ: we are weake, and ye are strong: ye are honourable, and we are despised.
2 Corinthians 11:12But what I doe, that will I doe: that I may cut away occasion from them which desire occasion, that they might be found like vnto vs in that wherein they reioyce.
2 Corinthians 12:5Of such a man will I reioyce: of my selfe will I not reioyce, except it bee of mine infirmities.
2 Corinthians 12:11I was a foole to boast my selfe: yee haue compelled mee: for I ought to haue bene commended of you: for in nothing was I inferiour vnto the very chiefe Apostles, though I bee nothing.
1 Peter 1:24For all flesh is as grasse, and all the glorie of man is as the flower of grasse. The grasse withereth, and the flower falleth away.
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 →