ACC ~ 2 Corinthians 11 v18

CLAIMING SUPERIORITY. AMBROSIASTER: Paul is saying this because some Jewish believers were claiming superiority as children of Israel. To glorify oneself according to the flesh is to claim nobility of the flesh. The Jews claimed this because they are the children of Abraham, who believed in God. COMMENTARY ON PAUL’S EPISTLES.

WORLDLY THINGS. CHRYSOSTOM: What are these worldly things Paul will boast of? His birth, his wealth, his wisdom, his being circumcised, his Hebrew ancestry and his popular reputation. Of course he knew that none of these things mattered in the slightest, which is why he called this way of speaking foolish. HOMILIES ON THE EPISTLES OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS 24.2.

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