2 Corinthians 11:18

“Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.”

"Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also." - 2 Corinthians 11:18
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What does 2 Corinthians 11:18 mean?

2 Corinthians 11:18 (KJV) states, "Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also." This verse is often overlooked, but it holds a significant meaning within the context of the larger passage and serves as a powerful statement about the nature of boasting and pride…

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Glorying in the Flesh: A Reflection on 2 Corinthians 11:18

As we delve into the rich tapestry of Paul's letters to the Corinthians, we come upon a verse that lays bare the tension between earthly pride and spiritual authenticity: "Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also" (2 Corinthians 11:18, KJV). This statement by…

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A Prayer for True Glory Beyond the Flesh

Heavenly Father, in this moment of reverence and contemplation, I come before You with a humble heart, seeking understanding and wisdom through Your Word. I turn my attention to 2 Corinthians 11:18, where Paul, surrounded by false teachings and boastfulness, declares, "Seeing…

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2 Corinthians 11:18 - "Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also." The image should not depict explicit or offensive content but be symbolic.
2 Corinthians 3:18
2 Corinthians 11:11 - "Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth."
2 Corinthians 6:14-18
2 Corinthians 6:11 - "O ye Corinthians, our mouth is open unto you, our heart is enlarged."
2 Corinthians 10:18 - "For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth."
1 Corinthians 11:18 - "For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you; and I partly believe it."
2 Corinthians 2:11 - "Lest Satan should get an advantage of us: for we are not ignorant of his devices."
2 Corinthians 1:18 - "But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay."
2 Corinthians 11:14 - "And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light."
2 Corinthians 11:5 - "For I suppose I was not a whit behind the very chiefest apostles."
2 Corinthians 11:13 - "For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ."
2 Corinthians 11:19 - "For ye suffer fools gladly, seeing ye yourselves are wise."
"But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, [even] as by the Spirit of the Lord." - 2 Corinthians 3:18
2 Corinthians 11:29 - "Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not?"
2 Corinthians 8:18 - "And we have sent with him the brother, whose praise is in the gospel throughout all the churches;"
2 Corinthians 6:18 - "And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty."
2 Corinthians 3:11 - "For if that which is done away was glorious, much more that which remaineth is glorious."
2 Corinthians 11:24 - "Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one."
2 Corinthians 11:27 - "In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness."
2 Corinthians 11:33 - "And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands."
2 Corinthians 11:8 - "I robbed other churches, taking wages of them, to do you service."
2 Corinthians 11:10 - "As the truth of Christ is in me, no man shall stop me of this boasting in the regions of Achaia."
2 Corinthians 11:17 - "That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting."
"Wherefore? because I love you not? God knoweth." - 2 Corinthians 11:11
2 Corinthians 11:30 - "If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities."
2 Corinthians 11:32 - "In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:"
2 Corinthians 11:1 - "Would to God ye could bear with me a little in my folly: and indeed bear with me."
2 Corinthians 11:31 - "The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not."