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I have become foolish. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you, for in nothing was I behind the very best apostles, though I am nothing.
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A Reluctant Defense
Commentators unanimously agree that Paul's self-praise was not an act of pride but a reluctant defense he felt compelled to make. He calls his own boasting 'foolish' and makes it clear he only resorted to it because the Corinthian church failed to stand up for his God-given authority against slanderous opponents.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
I am become a fool in glorying. I understand this expression to mean: "I have been led along in speaking of myself until I admit I appear …
I am become foolish (γεγονα αφρων). Perfect active indicative of γινομα. In spite of what he said in verse 6 that he would not be …
19th Century
Anglican
I am become a fool in glorying.—The last two words are missing in the better manuscripts, and the verse opens with a some…
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His boasting as a fool now virtually over, Paul again reiterates that it had been by coercion. It was not really the foolish boasting of his oppone…
16th Century
Protestant
I have become a fool. Until now, he had, by various apologies, sought their forgiveness for what was contrary to his own custom and way of…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
I am become a fool in glorying This is either to be understood conditionally, if he had acted as a fool in commendin…
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We owe it to good people to stand up in the defense of their reputation. We are also under special obligations to acknowledge those from whom we ha…
13th Century
Catholic
Having commended himself, the Apostle now asks for pardon for what he has said, showing that he was compelled to say these things which pertain to …
