“ Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also. ”
Seeing that many glory ... - The false teachers in Corinth. They boasted of their birth, rank, natural endowments, eloquence, etc.; see 2 Corinthians 11:22 . Compare Philippians 3:3-4 . I wi...
Comparison between Paul and his Opponents ( cf. 2 Corinthians 11:6 ). Under the pressure of intense feeling he will break through his inclination and self-imposed resolve of silence, to let his c...
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18. Since many glory. The meaning is — Should any one say to me, by way of objection, that what I do is faulty, what then as to others? Are not they my leaders? Am I alone, or am I the fi...
Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also. Seeing that many glory after the flesh - Boast of external and secular things.
Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also. Many - including the 'false teachers.' After the flesh - as fleshly men boast; namely, of external advantages, their birth, doin...
(b) 11:1-15. Defence of his Gospel and of his Independence St. Paul says that he also will now boast a little, for he is as much an Apostle as those whom they prefer. If he refuses monetary supp...
Seeing that many glory after the flesh. — To glory, or boast, after the flesh, as interpreted by 2 Corinthians 5:16 (where see Note), is to lay stress on things which are the accidents of the s...
Chapter 25 FOOLISH BOASTING. 2 Corinthians 11:7-29 (R.V) THE connection of 2 Corinthians 11:7 with what precedes is not at once clear. The Apostle has expressed his conviction that he is in...
Constrained to Silence Boasters 2 Corinthians 11:10-21 In vivid language, which proves how greatly he had been moved, the Apostle contrasts the false teachers who were injuring his converts wit...
Having thus stated the true grounds of glorying, and being about to make his boast (such action having been made necessary by the opposition), the apostle has so little love for it that he commences...
(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 foolishl...
Seeing that many glory after the flesh ,.... Or with respect to things external, such as their high birth and parentage, carnal descent, circumcision, learned education, and the like; of which the f...
Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also. Ver. 18. Glory after the flesh ] Or in the flesh, Galatians 6:13 , or have confidence in the flesh, Philippians 3:4 .
Seeing that many glory after the flesh In circumcision, Jewish extraction, and other outward privileges and qualifications; I will glory also In the same manner; nor can my seeming folly offend y...
If it seems strange that Paul asks the Corinthians to bear with a little folly in him, yet let us still remember that it is God who inspires him to write as he does. Paul considered it folly to speak...
The Apostle Asserts His Claims. A. D. 57. 16 I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if oth...
By the flesh is meant, carnal and external things; which though they be the gifts and favours of God, yet do not at all commend a man to God. The apostle saith, there are many that glory after the...
Paul Defends His Apostleship And Compares Himself With His Opponents ( 2 Corinthians 11:1-33 ). An exact determination of who the visiting preachers were who constituted the new grave threat to Pa...
CRITICAL NOTES 2 Corinthians 11:16 . Again .—After 2 Corinthians 11:1 . “You can very well let a foolish fellow like me be in the fashion, and do a bit of boasting.” 2 Corinthians 11:17 . Af...
2 Corinthians 11:1 . Bear with me a little in my folly; for I must glory a little when the advocate of self-applause. I know it is folly for a man to applaud himself; and I doubt not but you will...
AN APOSTLE DRIVEN AGAINST HIS WILL INTO A SEMBLANCE OF BOASTING . EXPOSITION An apology for the "foolishness" of boasting ( 2 Corinthians 11:1-47 ). He is not afraid of compa...
Paul's Boast of His Apostolic Calling. Paul deprecates the necessity of boasting:
1 Corinthians 4:10 ; 1 Peter 1:24 ; 2 Corinthians 10:12-18 ; 2 Corinthians 11:12 ; 2 Corinthians 11:21-23 ; 2 Corinthians 12:11 ; 2 Corinthians 12:5 ; 2 Corinthians 12:6 ; 2 Corinthians 12:9...
After the flesh — That is, in external things.