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Seeing that many boast after the flesh, I will also boast.
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What is Fleshly Boasting?
Commentators explain that to "glory after the flesh" means to boast in worldly, external things like ancestry, rank, reputation, or education. Paul identifies this as the method of his opponents, who focus on superficial credentials rather than a good conscience and the true essence of spiritual life.
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2 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Seeing that many glory, etc. The false teachers in Corinth. They boasted of their birth, rank, natural endowments, eloquence, etc. ([Refer…
After the flesh (κατα σαρκα). It is κατα σαρκα not κατα Κυριον.
I also (καγω). But he knows that it is a b…
19th Century
Anglican
Seeing that many glory after the flesh.—To glory, or boast, after the flesh, as interpreted by 2 Corinthians 5:16 (wh…
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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…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Seeing that many glory after the flesh Or with respect to things external, such as their high birth and parentage, c…
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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…
13th Century
Catholic
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…
