Albert Barnes Commentary 2 Corinthians 11:18

"Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also." — 2 Corinthians 11:18 (ASV)

Seeing that many glory, etc. The false teachers in Corinth. They boasted of their birth, rank, natural endowments, eloquence, etc. (2 Corinthians 11:22). Compare Philippians 3:3-4.

I will glory also. I also will boast of my endowments, which, though somewhat different, yet primarily pertain to the flesh as well (2 Corinthians 11:23 and following). His endowments in the flesh, or what he had to boast of pertaining to the flesh, related not so much to birth and rank, though not inferior to them in these, but to what the flesh had endured—to stripes and imprisonments, and hunger and peril. This is an exceedingly delicate and apt turn given to the whole subject.