For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but now I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me to be, or that he heareth of me.
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Gill's Exposition
For this thing I besought the Lord thrice,.... With respect to the thorn in the flesh, the messenger Satan, who gave him so much continual disturbance. This sent him to the throne of grace, to request…
Barnes' Notes
For though I would desire to glory - I take this to be a solemn and serious declaration of the irony which precedes; and that Paul means to say seriously, that if he had a wish to boast as other…
Adam Clarke
I shall not be a fool - Who that had got such honor from God would have been fourteen years silent on the subject?
I will say the truth - I speak nothing but truth; and the apostle seems to have…
Here we may observe,
I. The narrative the apostle gives of the favours God had shown him, and the honour he had done him; for doubtless he himself is the man in Christ of whom he speaks. Concerning…
Cambridge Bible
For though I would desire to glory St Paul here identifies himself with the man who saw the visions. -I shall not be foolish, even if I do boast, for I shall only be speaking the truth. But I…
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