2 Corinthians 11:18

since many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast:

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.

In Context

17That which I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this the confidence of boasting;

19for gladly do ye bear with the fools — being wise,

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 4:10we [are] fools because of Christ, and ye wise in Christ; we [are] ailing, and ye strong; ye glorious, and we dishonoured;

2 Corinthians 11:12and what I do, I also will do, that I may cut off the occasion of those wishing an occasion, that in that which they boast they may be found according as we also;

2 Corinthians 12:5Of such an one I will boast, and of myself I will not boast, except in my infirmities,

2 Corinthians 12:11I have become a fool — boasting; ye — ye did compel me; for I ought by you to have been commended, for in nothing was I behind the very chiefest apostles — even if I am nothing.

1 Peter 1:24because all flesh [is] as grass, and all glory of man as flower of grass; wither did the grass, and the flower of it fell 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 →

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