2 Corinthians 12:5
New International Version
I will boast about a man like that, but I will not boast about myself, except about my weaknesses.

New Living Translation
That experience is worth boasting about, but I’m not going to do it. I will boast only about my weaknesses.

English Standard Version
On behalf of this man I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except of my weaknesses—

Berean Standard Bible
I will boast about such a man, but I will not boast about myself, except in my weaknesses.

Berean Literal Bible
Concerning such a man I will boast; but concerning myself I will not boast, except in the weaknesses.

King James Bible
Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.

New King James Version
Of such a one I will boast; yet of myself I will not boast, except in my infirmities.

New American Standard Bible
In behalf of such a man I will boast; but in my own behalf I will not boast, except regarding my weaknesses.

NASB 1995
On behalf of such a man I will boast; but on my own behalf I will not boast, except in regard to my weaknesses.

NASB 1977
On behalf of such a man will I boast; but on my own behalf I will not boast, except in regard to my weaknesses.

Legacy Standard Bible
On behalf of such a man I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except in weaknesses.

Amplified Bible
On behalf of such a man [and his experiences] I will boast; but in my own behalf I will not boast, except in regard to my weaknesses.

Christian Standard Bible
I will boast about this person, but not about myself, except of my weaknesses.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I will boast about this person, but not about myself, except of my weaknesses.

American Standard Version
On behalf of such a one will I glory: but on mine own behalf I will not glory, save in my weaknesses.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Concerning this man I shall glory, but concerning myself I shall not glory, except only in sufferings.

Contemporary English Version
I will brag about that man, but not about myself, except to say how weak I am.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For such an one I will glory; but for myself I will glory nothing, but in my infirmities.

English Revised Version
On behalf of such a one will I glory: but on mine own behalf I will not glory, save in my weaknesses.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I'll brag about this person, but I won't brag about myself unless it's about my weaknesses.

Good News Translation
So I will boast about this man--but I will not boast about myself, except the things that show how weak I am.

International Standard Version
I will boast about this man, but as for myself I will boast only about my weaknesses.

Literal Standard Version
Of such a one I will boast, and of myself I will not boast, except in my weaknesses,

Majority Standard Bible
I will boast about such a man, but I will not boast about myself, except in my weaknesses.

New American Bible
About this person I will boast, but about myself I will not boast, except about my weaknesses.

NET Bible
On behalf of such an individual I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except about my weaknesses.

New Revised Standard Version
On behalf of such a one I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except of my weaknesses.

New Heart English Bible
On behalf of such a one I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except in my weaknesses.

Webster's Bible Translation
Of such one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in my infirmities.

Weymouth New Testament
Of such a one I will boast; but of myself I will not boast, except in my weaknesses.

World English Bible
On behalf of such a one I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except in my weaknesses.

Young's Literal Translation
Of such an one I will boast, and of myself I will not boast, except in my infirmities,

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Context
Paul's Thorn and God's Grace
4was caught up to Paradise. The things he heard were too sacred for words, things that man is not permitted to tell. 5I will boast about such a man, but I will not boast about myself, except in my weaknesses. 6Even if I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be speaking the truth. But I refrain, so no one will credit me with more than he sees in me or hears from me,…

Cross References
Matthew 8:17
This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: "He took on our infirmities and carried our diseases."

1 Corinthians 2:3
I came to you in weakness and fear, and with much trembling.

2 Corinthians 12:1
I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to gain, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.

2 Corinthians 12:9
But He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.


Treasury of Scripture

Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in my infirmities.

such.

2 Corinthians 12:2-4
I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven…

yet.

2 Corinthians 12:9,10
And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me…

2 Corinthians 11:30
If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.

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2 Corinthians 12
1. For commending of his apostleship, though he might glory of his wonderful revelations,
9. yet he rather chooses to glory of his infirmities;
11. blaming the Corinthians for forcing him to this vain boasting.
14. He promises to come to them again; but yet altogether in the affection of a father;
20. although he fears he shall to his grief find many offenders, and public disorders there.














(5) Of such an one will I glory.--There is, if we rightly understand it, an almost exquisite sadness in the distinction which is thus drawn by the Apostle between the old self of fourteen years ago, with this abundance of revelations, and the new self of the present, feebler and sadder than the old, worn with cares and sorrows, the daily rush of life and its ever-growing anxieties. Then he saw with open vision; now he walks by faith and not by the thing seen. He can hardly recognise his own identity, and can speak of the man who had then this capacity for the beatific vision as though he were another--almost as if he were dead and gone. The "non sum qualis eram" of decay and age presents manifold varieties of form, the soldier recalling the stir and the rush of battle, the poet finding that the vision and the "faculty divine" are no longer entrusted to his keeping, the eloquent orator who had "wielded at will a fierce democracy," complaining of slow speech and of a stammering tongue; but this has a sadness peculiar to itself. Faith, hope, love, peace, righteousness, are still there, but there has passed away a glory from the earth, and the joy of that ecstatic rapture lies in the remote past, never to return on earth.

Verse 5. - Of such a one. These are legitimate subjects of "boast," because they are heavenly privileges, not earthly grounds of superiority. Except in my infirmities (2 Corinthians 11:30).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
I will boast
καυχήσομαι (kauchēsomai)
Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 2744: To boast; I glory (exult) proudly. From some base akin to that of aucheo and euchomai; to vaunt.

about
Ὑπὲρ (Hyper)
Preposition
Strong's 5228: Gen: in behalf of; acc: above.

such a man,
τοιούτου (toioutou)
Demonstrative Pronoun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 5108: (including the other inflections); from toi and houtos; truly this, i.e. Of this sort (to denote character or individuality).

but
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

I will not boast
καυχήσομαι (kauchēsomai)
Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 2744: To boast; I glory (exult) proudly. From some base akin to that of aucheo and euchomai; to vaunt.

about
ὑπὲρ (hyper)
Preposition
Strong's 5228: Gen: in behalf of; acc: above.

myself,
ἐμαυτοῦ (emautou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1683: Genitive case compound of emou and autos; of myself so likewise the dative case emautoi em-ow-to', and accusative case emauton em-ow-ton'.

except
εἰ (ei)
Conjunction
Strong's 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

[my]
ταῖς (tais)
Article - Dative Feminine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

weaknesses.
ἀσθενείαις (astheneiais)
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural
Strong's 769: From asthenes; feebleness; by implication, malady; morally, frailty.


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