After the flesh (κατα σαρκα). It is κατα σαρκα not κατα Κυριον.

I also (καγω). But he knows that it is a b…

Seeing that many glory, etc. The false teachers in Corinth. They boasted of their birth, rank, natural endowments, eloquence, etc. ([Refer…

Seeing that many glory after the flesh.—To glory, or boast, after the flesh, as interpreted by 2 Corinthians 5:16 (wh…

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…

Since many glory. The meaning is — should anyone say to me, by way of objection, that what I do is faulty, what then about others…

Seeing that many glory after the flesh
Or with respect to things external, such as their high birth and parentage, c…

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…