2 CORINTHIANS 12:6 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.”
Even if I should choose to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so that no one will give me credit beyond what they can see of me or hear from me — Paul *repeats* verse 5, emphasizing through *repetitio* the principle: *reputation* must align with *verifiable conduct*. *Mystical experience* does not exempt apostles from *ethical accountability*.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 12:6
“But if I should even desire to glory, I shall not be foolish; for I shall speak the truth.” How then did you say before, “Would that you could bear with me a little in my foolishness;” 2 Corinthians 11:1 and, “That which I speak, I speak not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly;” 2 Corinthians 11:17 but here, “Though I should even desire to glory, I shall not be foolish?” Not in regard of glorying, but of lying; for if glorying be foolishness, how much more lying? It…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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