2 Corinthians 11:18

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 .

Related Commentaries of 2 Corinthians 11:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Seeing that many glory ... - The false teachers in Corinth. They boasted of their birth, rank, natural endowments, eloquence, etc.; see 2 Corint...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Comparison between Paul and his Opponents ( cf. 2 Corinthians 11:6 ). Under the pressure of intense feeling he will break through his inclination...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Seeing that . Since. I , &c. Read. also, U.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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? A...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also. Seeing that many glory after the flesh - Boast of external and secular things.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also. Many - including the 'false teachers.' After the flesh - as fleshly men boast;...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

(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 t...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

After the flesh ] i.e. of their worldly advantages: cp. 2 Corinthians 11:22 ; 2 Corinthians 11:23 .
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 A...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Constrained to Silence Boasters 2 Corinthians 11:10-21 In vivid language, which proves how greatly he had been moved, the Apostle contrasts the...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 ap...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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 sp...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Seeing that many glory after the flesh ,.... Or with respect to things external, such as their high birth and parentage, carnal descent, circumcisio...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Seeing that many glory after the flesh In circumcision, Jewish extraction, and other outward privileges and qualifications; I will glory also In...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 w...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Apostle Asserts His Claims. A. D. 57. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 a...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Paul Defends His Apostleship And Compares Himself With His Opponents ( 2 Corinthians 11:1-33 ). An exact determination of who the visiting preache...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.' His opponents are boasting like human beings because of their unspiritual nature, boast...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

AN APOSTLE DRIVEN AGAINST HIS WILL INTO A SEMBLANCE OF BOASTING . EXPOSITION An apology for the "foolishness" of boasting (...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Paul's Boast of His Apostolic Calling. Paul deprecates the necessity of boasting:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 Corinthian...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

After the flesh — That is, in external things.

¹⁸ Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.

Related Commentaries of 2 Corinthians 11:18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Corinthians 11:18