1 Corinthians 7:12; 1 Corinthians 7:6; 2 Corinthians 11:18-27; 2 Corinthians 9:4; Philippians 3:3-6
That which I speak - In praise of myself. I speak it not after the Lord - see the note on 1 Corinthians 7:12 . The phrase here may mean eith...
Comparison between Paul and his Opponents ( cf. 2 Corinthians 11:6 ). Under the pressure of intense feeling he will break through his inclination...
speak . Greek. laleo. App-121. after . according to. Greek. kata , as in 2 Corinthians 11:15 . Lord. App-98. foolishly . in (Greek. en)...
17. What I speak, I speak not after the Lord His disposition, it is true, had an eye to God, but the outward appearance (838) might seem un...
That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. I speak it not after the Lord - Were i...
That which I speak, &c.— "I do not speak according to any express command, which Christ delivered in his personal ministry (see 1 Corinthians...
That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. Not after the Lord. By inspired...
(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...
Not after the Lord ] entirely on his own responsibility. He is very jealous of Christ's honour.
I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly. — Better, in foolishness; as keeping up the emphatic repetition of the same word in the...
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...
Constrained to Silence Boasters 2 Corinthians 11:10-21 In vivid language, which proves how greatly he had been moved, the Apostle contrasts the...
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...
(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...
That which I speak ,.... Meaning in vindication and commendation of himself, on this subject of glorying; or, as here expressed, in this confidenc...
That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting. Ver. 17. I speak it not afterthe L...
I say again He premises a new apology to this new commendation of himself; let no man think me a fool In boasting thus of myself; let no one thin...
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...
The Apostle Asserts His Claims. A. D. 57. ...
That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord; I do not pretend to have any special command of God, to speak what I shall now say in my own com...
Paul Defends His Apostleship And Compares Himself With His Opponents ( 2 Corinthians 11:1-33 ). An exact determination of who the visiting preache...
‘That which I speak, I speak not according to the Lord, but as in foolishness, in this confidence of glorying.' He wants them understand the nature...
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...
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...
AN APOSTLE DRIVEN AGAINST HIS WILL INTO A SEMBLANCE OF BOASTING . EXPOSITION An apology for the "foolishness" of boasting (...
Paul's Boast of His Apostolic Calling. Paul deprecates the necessity of boasting:
That which I speak; I speak it not after the Lord, but, as it were, foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
I speak not after the Lord — Not by an express command from him; though still under the direction of his Spirit. But as it were foolishly — In such...
17 That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.