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Selected Verse: 2 Corinthians 11:18 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Co 11:18 |
Strong Concordance |
Seeing that [1893] many [4183] glory [2744] after [2596] the flesh [4561], I will glory [2744] also [2504]. |
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King James |
Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
many--including the "false teachers."
after the flesh--as fleshly men are wont to boast, namely, of external advantages, as their birth, doings, &c. (compare Co2 11:22).
I will glory also--that is, I also will boast of such fleshly advantages, to show you that even in these I am not their inferiors, and therefore ought not to be supplanted by them in your esteem; though these are not what I desire to glory in (Co2 10:17). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Seeing that many glory ... - The false teachers in Corinth. They boasted of their birth, rank, natural endowments, eloquence, etc.; see Co2 11:22. Compare Phi 3:3-4.
I will glory also - I also will boast of my endowments, which though somewhat different yet pertain in the main to the "flesh" also; see Co2 11:23 ff. His endowments "in the flesh," or what he had to boast of pertaining to the flesh, related not so much to birth and rank, though not inferior to them in these, but to what the flesh had endured - to stripes and imprisonments, and hunger and peril. This is an exceedingly delicate and happy turn given to the whole subject. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| After the flesh - That is, in external things. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Seeing that many glory after the flesh - Boast of external and secular things. |
17 But [1161] he that glorieth [2744], let him glory [2744] in [1722] the Lord [2962].
22 Are they [1526] Hebrews [1445]? so am I [2504]. Are they [1526] Israelites [2475]? so am I [2504]. Are they [1526] the seed [4690] of Abraham [11]? so am I [2504].
23 Are they [1526] ministers [1249] of Christ [5547]? (I speak [2980] as a fool [3912] I [1473] am more [5228]; in [1722] labours [2873] more abundant [4056], in [1722] stripes [4127] above measure [5234], in [1722] prisons [5438] more frequent [4056], in [1722] deaths [2288] oft [4178].
3 For [1063] we [2249] are [2070] the circumcision [4061], which [3588] worship [3000] God [2316] in the spirit [4151], and [2532] rejoice [2744] in [1722] Christ [5547] Jesus [2424], and [2532] have [3982] no [3756] confidence [3982] in [1722] the flesh [4561].
4 Though [2539] I [1473] might [2192] also [2532] have [2192] confidence [4006] in [1722] the flesh [4561]. If any [1536] other man [243] thinketh [1380] that he hath whereof he might trust [3982] in [1722] the flesh [4561], I [1473] more [3123]:
22 Are they [1526] Hebrews [1445]? so am I [2504]. Are they [1526] Israelites [2475]? so am I [2504]. Are they [1526] the seed [4690] of Abraham [11]? so am I [2504].