That which I speak, &c.— "I do not speak according to any express command, which Christ delivered in his personal ministry (see 1 Corinthians 7:10.): no; I own that he condemned seeking honour one of another, John 5:44 which is certainly very criminal, when self-applause is aimed at: but the huge boastings of my enemies, with a design of imposing upon, and perverting you; and their mean insinuations to disparage my apostleship and the pure Gospel of Christ, and so to prevent my usefulness in preaching it, force me to speak with an air of weakness and folly, in this ostentatious appearance of setting forth things which relate to my office."
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2 Corinthians 11:17
17 That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.