2 Corinthians 11:30

I will glory of the things that concern my infirmities — Of what shows my weakness, rather than my strength.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If I must needs glory - It is unpleasant for me to boast, but circumstances have compelled me. But since I am compelled, I will not boast of my r...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(10) If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities. (10) He turns that against the adversaries which they objecte...
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

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

30. If he must glory. Here we have the conclusion, drawn from all that has gone before — that Paul is more inclined to boast of those things...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities. I will glory - which concern mine infirmities - I will not boast of...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

If I must needs glory,— See ch. 2 Corinthians 12:11 . By the word u954?αυχασθαι, which is translated sometimes to glory, and sometimes to boast,...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities. Glory of ... infirmities. A striking contrast! Glorying in,...
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

Paraphrase. 'If, however, I must boast in self-defence, I shall boast about my weakness and helplessness; for I shall thus make it plain what Chris...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

If I must needs glory... — The words form a transition to the narratives that follow. The question, “Who is weak and I am not weak?” has suggested...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 26 STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS. 2 Corinthians 11:30-33 ; 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 (R.V) THE difficulties of exposition in this passage are par...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Pre-eminent in Labor and Suffering 2 Corinthians 11:22-33 It has been truly said that this enumeration represents a life which up to that hour...
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...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

A PARADOX ‘If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.’ 2 Corinthians 11:30 What a strange saying, wha...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

If I must needs glory ,.... The apostle signifies that glorying was not agreeable to him; he was not fond of it, it was a subject he did not delight...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities. Ver. 30. I will glory of the things ] As a conqueror of his spo...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Besides those things that are without These external troubles which I have mentioned; that which cometh upon me daily Greek, η επισυστασις μου η...
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 Recounts His Sufferings. A. D. 57. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The apostle here calleth the things which he had suffered for the gospel, and the propagation of it, his infirmities; and saith, that he chose tho...
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

‘If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things that concern my weakness.' So if he is to boast he will boast about the things which show he is w...
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...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES 2 Corinthians 11:31 .—Grammar makes certain that the ejaculated benediction belongs to the Father. He who is .—The emphatic Greek...
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

A further recital of hardships and difficulties:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 11:16-18 ; 2 Corinthians 12:1 ; 2 Corinthians 12:11 ; 2 Corinthians 12:5-10 ; Colossians 1:24 ; Jeremiah 9:23 ; Jeremiah 9:24 ;...

³⁰ If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.

Related Commentaries of 2 Corinthians 11:30

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study 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

Coke's Commentary on the Holy 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

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

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

2 Corinthians 11:30