2 Corinthians 11:18
Seeing that many boast according to the flesh, I will boast also.
Revised King James New Testament
In The King James Version
Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
In Context
19For you endure fools gladly, seeing you yourselves are so wise.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:10We are fools for Christ's sake, but you are wise in Christ; we are weak, but you are strong; you are honoured, but we are despised.
2 Corinthians 11:12But what I do, that I will continue to do, that I may undermine the claim of those who desire opportunity to be regarded as our equals in that of which they boast.
2 Corinthians 12:5Of such a man I will boast: yet of myself I will not boast, except of my weaknesses.
2 Corinthians 12:11I have made a fool of myself; you have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended by you: for in nothing am I behind these superlative apostles, though I am nothing.
1 Peter 1:24For, All flesh is like grass, and all its glory is like the flower of grass. The grass withers, and the flower falls 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 →