2 Corinthians 11:17 KJV

2 Corinthians · chapter 11 · verse 17 · King James Version

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.

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 →