2 Corinthians 11:18
Since, many, are boasting after the flesh, I also, will boast;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
In Context
19For, gladly, do ye bear with the foolish, being [yourselves], discreet,—
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:10We, are foolish for Christ’s sake, but, ye, prudent in Christ; we are weak, but, ye, mighty; ye, all-glorious, but, we, dishonoured.
2 Corinthians 11:12But, what I am doing, I also will do,—that I may cut off the occasion of them who are wishing an occasion, that, wherein they are boasting themselves, they may be found even as also, we.
2 Corinthians 12:5On behalf of such a one as this, will I boast, but, on behalf of myself, will I not boast, save in my weaknesses;—
2 Corinthians 12:11I have become foolish,—ye, compelled me:—I, in fact, ought, by you, to have been commended; for, not a whit, have I come behind the exceeding overmuch apostles,—even if I am nothing:
1 Peter 1:24Inasmuch as—All flesh, is as grass, and, all the glory thereof, as the flower of grass,—The grass hath withered, and the flower hath fallen out,
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 →