I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly.—Better, in foolishness; as keeping up the emphatic repe…

These two verses are likely a sort of parenthesis. Under normal circumstances, Paul claims, his conduct and words as a servant of Christ and of the…

What I speak, I speak not after the Lord. His disposition, it is true, kept God in view, but the outward appearance might seem unsuitable …

That which I speak
Meaning in vindication and commendation of himself, on this subject of glorying; or, as here expr…

It is the duty and practice of Christians to humble themselves, in obedience to the command and example of the Lord; yet prudence must direct which…

After asking the Corinthians to bear patiently with his self-commendation, and showing that he did this out of a zeal for them that was both reason…