It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
He illustrates the 'glorying in infirmities' (2 Corinthians 11:30). He gave one instance which might expose him to ridicule (2 Corinthians 11:33): he now gives another, connected with a glorious revelation; but he dwells not on the glory to himself, but on the infirmity which followed it, as displaying Christ's, power. B G f g, Vulgate (C and Vulgate prefix 'if'), read 'I MUST NEEDS х dei (G1163) for dee (G1211), 'doubtless.' 'Aleph (') Delta read de (G1161)] boast (or glory), though it is not expedient; but (Delta reads for: 'Aleph (') B G f g, Vulgate, but) I will come.' I will take the case of revelations, in which, if anywhere, boasting is harmless. "Visions" refer to things seen; "revelations," to things heard (cf. margin, 1 Samuel 9:15) or revealed in any way. Of "visions" the signification was not always vouchsafed; in "revelations" there was always an unveiling of truths before hidden (Daniel 2:19; Daniel 2:31). All parts of Scripture alike are matter of inspiration, but not all of revelation. There are degrees of revelation, but not of inspiration.
Of - i:e., from the Lord; Christ, 2 Corinthians 12:2.