2 CORINTHIANS 11:18 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.”
Since many are boasting in the way the world does, I too will boast — if the culture of boasting is *kata sárka*, according to flesh, Paul will *out-boast* the boasters using *their own logic*. But his *boasting* will prove *radically different*.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 11:18
“Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.” What is, “after the flesh?” Of things external, of high birth, of wealth, of wisdom, of being circumcised, of Hebrew ancestry, of popular renown. And behold wisdom. He sets down those things which he shows to be nothings , and then, folly also. For if to glory in what are really good things be folly, much more is it so [to glory in] those that are nothing. And this is what he calls, “not after the Lord.” For it is…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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