2 Corinthians 11:30
If, to boast, is needful, in the things that concern my weakness, will I boast.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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 caused to stumble, and, I, am not burning?
Cross References
Proverbs 27:2Let another praise thee, and not thine own mouth, a stranger, and not thine own lips.
1 Corinthians 2:3I, therefore in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling, came to be with you,
2 Corinthians 12:1To be boasting, is needful,—it is not, indeed, profitable, yet will I come to visions and revelations of [the] Lord:—
Colossians 1:24Now, am I rejoicing in the sufferings on your behalf, and am filling up the things that lack of the tribulations of the Christ, in my flesh, in behalf of his body, which is the assembly,
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 →