Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more:
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Gill's Exposition
Though I might also have confidence in the flesh,.... This he says, lest it should be objected to him, that the reason why he had no confidence in the flesh, and did not boast of it, was, because he…
Barnes' Notes
Though I might also have confidence in the flesh - That is, though I had uncommon advantages of this kind; and if anyone could have trusted in them, I could have done it. The object of the apostle is…
Adam Clarke
Though I might also have confidence - If any of them have any cause to boast in outward rites and privileges, I have as much; yea, more.
The apostle here proposes himself for an example of trusting in Christ only, and not in his privileges as an Israelite.
I. He shows what he had to boast of as a Jew and a Pharisee. Let none think that…
Cambridge Bible
His own experience as a converted Pharisee: Justification by Faith: its spiritual and eternal issues
4. Though Imight also&c. The Greek seems to assert that he not only might have, but has, such…