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2 Corinthians 11:17 KJV
2 Corinthians · chapter 11 · verse 17
That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.2 Corinthians 11:17 · King James Version
2 Corinthians 11:17 in context
15Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
16I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.
17That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
18Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
19For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise.
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Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- confidencehypostasisa setting or placing under, thing put under, substructure, foundation, that which has…G5287 →
- foolishlyenin, by, with etcG1722 →
- boastingkauchēsisthe act of gloryingG2746 →
- speaklaleōto utter a voice or emit a sound, to speak, to use the tongue or the faculty of speech…G2980 →
- afterkatadown from, through out, according to, toward, alongG2596 →
- Lordkyrioshe to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has power of deciding master, lord…G2962 →
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Here we have a further excuse that the apostle makes for what he was about to say in his own vindication. 1. He would not have them think he was guilty of folly, in saying what he said to vindicate himself: Let no man think me a fool, Co2 11:16.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 16-21