2 CORINTHIANS 12:1 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.”
I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to be gained, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord — Paul must *continue* his *defense*, yet with a crucial *caveat*: his *boasting* yields *no ōpheleia*, benefit. Yet he will now offer *mystical* credentials — *optásiai*, visions; *apokalýpseis*, revelations — *from the kyrios*, from the Lord himself.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 12:1
What is this? Does he who has spoken such great things say, [It is not expedient] “doubtless to glory?” as if he had said nothing? No; not as if he had said nothing: but because he is going to pass to another species of boasting, which is not intended indeed by so great a reward, but which to the many (though not to careful examiners) seems to set him off in brighter colors , he says, “It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory.” For truly the great grounds of boasting…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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