2 Corinthians 11:18
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 speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
19 For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.
20 For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Since many are boasting according to the flesh, I too will boast.
- KJV
- Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
- WEB
- Seeing that many boast after the flesh, I will also boast.
- ASV
- Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
- DARBY
- Since many boast according to flesh, *I* also will boast.
- BLB
- Since many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast.
- ÅB
- Ettersom mange roser seg på kjødelig vis, vil jeg og rose meg.
- OTB
- Siden mange skryter i henhold til verdslige standarder, vil jeg også skryte.
- B1930
- Eftersom mange roser sig på kjødelig vis, vil jeg og rose mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Corinthians 12:11
I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
Read in context2 Corinthians 12:9
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me.
Read in contextPhilippians 3:3–4
For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.
Read in context1 Peter 1:24
For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:
Read in context2 Corinthians 12:5–6
Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.
Read in context1 Corinthians 4:10
We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised.
Read in context2 Corinthians 10:12–18
For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.
Read in contextJeremiah 9:23–24
Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
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