2 Corinthians 11:30 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

2 Corinthians 11:30 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 12:5-11
Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities. …
Proverbs 25:27
It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
Jeremiah 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: …
1 Corinthians 2:3
And I was with you in weakness, and in fear, and in much trembling.
2 Corinthians 12:1
It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 22-33)

Here the apostle gives a large account of his own qualifications, labours, and sufferings (not out of pride or vain-glory, but to the honour of God, who had enabled him to do and suffer so much for the cause of Christ), and wherein he excelled the false apostles, who would lessen his character and usefulness among the Corinthians. Observe, I. He mentions the privileges of his birth (2 Cor. 11:22),…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 30)

30. glory of ... infirmities--A striking contrast! Glorying or boasting of what others make matter of shame, namely, infirmities; for instance, his humbling mode of escape in a basket (2Co 11:33). A character utterly incompatible with that of an enthusiast (compare 2Co 12:5, 9, 10).