2 Corinthians 11:30
If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.
BSB
ASV
If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things that concern my weakness.
KJV
If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.
By "weakness" he means persecutions; for in hunger, scourging, shipwreck, and the endurance of other calamities, human weakness is revealed. He does not mention signs here, because they were a gift of God; but the calamities, together with the power of God, also demonstrated his …
In the last two verses , he mentions one particular part of his sufferings out of its place, as if he had forgotten it before, or because the deliverance God wrought for him was most remarkable; namely, the danger he was in at Damascus, soon after he was converted, and not settled in Christianity, at least in the ministry and apostleship.
I will glory - which concern mine infirmities - I will not boast of my natural or acquired powers; neither in what God has done by me; but rather in what I have suffered for him.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.
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1 Corinthians 2:3I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.
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For He was indeed crucified in weakness, yet He lives by God’s power. And though we are weak in Him, yet by God’s power we will live with Him to serve you.
We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored.
In fact, we rejoice when we are weak but you are strong, and our prayer is for your perfection.
I will boast about such a man, but I will not boast about myself, except in my weaknesses.
For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”
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Proverbs 25:27It is not good to eat too much honey or to search out one’s own glory.
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Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—a stranger, and not your own lips.
How can you believe if you accept glory from one another, yet do not seek the glory that comes from the only God?
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
