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2 Corinthians 11:30

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— If I have to boast, I will boast of what pertains to my weakness.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things that concern my weakness.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things that concern my weakness.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern my infirmities.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— If it is needful to boast, I will boast in the things which concern my infirmity.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— If, to boast, is needful, in the things that concern my weakness, will I boast.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— if to boast it behoveth [me], of the things of my infirmity I will boast;
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things that concern my infirmity.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— If I must needes reioyce, I will reioyce of mine infirmities.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— If I must needes glory, I will glory of the things which concerne mine infirmities.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— If I must needs boast, I will boast of my sufferings.
John Etheridge Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1849)
— If I must boast in my infirmities, I will boast.
James Murdock Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1852)
— If I must glory, I will glory in my infirmities.

Strong's Numbers & Red-LettersGreek New TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
If 1487
{1487} Prime
εἰ
ei
{i}
A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.
I must needs 1163
{1163} Prime
δεῖ
dei
{die}
Third person singular active present of G1210; also δεόν [[deon]], {deh-on'}; which is neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is (was, etc.) necessary (as binding).
z5748
<5748> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774)
Voice - No Voice Stated (See G5799)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 1612
glory, 2744
{2744} Prime
καυχάομαι
kauchaomai
{kow-khah'-om-ahee}
From some (obsolete) base akin to that of αὐχέω [[aucheo]] (to boast) and G2172; to vaunt (in a good or a bad sense).
z5738
<5738> Grammar
Tense - Present (See G5774)
Voice - Middle or Passive Deponent (See G5790)
Mood - Infinitive (See G5795)
Count - 109
I will glory 2744
{2744} Prime
καυχάομαι
kauchaomai
{kow-khah'-om-ahee}
From some (obsolete) base akin to that of αὐχέω [[aucheo]] (to boast) and G2172; to vaunt (in a good or a bad sense).
z5695
<5695> Grammar
Tense - Future (See G5776)
Voice - Middle Deponent (See G5788)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 271
of the things x3588
(3588) Complement

ho
{ho}
The masculine, feminine (second) and neuter (third) forms, in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom).
which concern y3588
[3588] Standard

ho
{ho}
The masculine, feminine (second) and neuter (third) forms, in all their inflections; the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom).
mine 3450
{3450} Prime
μοῦ
mou
{moo}
The simpler from of G1700; of me.
infirmities. 769
{0769} Prime
ἀσθένεια
astheneia
{as-then'-i-ah}
From G0772; feebleness (of body or mind); by implication malady; moral frailty.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

2 Corinthians 11:30

_ _ glory of ... infirmities — A striking contrast! Glorying or boasting of what others make matter of shame, namely, infirmities; for instance, his humbling mode of escape in a basket (2 Corinthians 11:33). A character utterly incompatible with that of an enthusiast (compare 2 Corinthians 12:5, 2 Corinthians 12:9, 2 Corinthians 12:10).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on 2 Corinthians 11:22-33.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Corinthians 11:30

I will glory of the things that concern my infirmities — Of what shows my weakness, rather than my strength.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

2 Corinthians 11:30

(10) If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.

(10) He turns that against the adversaries which they objected against him: as if he should say, "They allege my calamities to take away my authority from me: but if I would boast myself, I could use no better argument. And God himself is my witness that I am not making up or forging anything."

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
must:

2 Corinthians 11:16-18 I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little. ... Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
2 Corinthians 12:1 It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord.
2 Corinthians 12:11 I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.
Proverbs 25:27 [It is] not good to eat much honey: so [for men] to search their own glory [is not] glory.
Proverbs 27:2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
Jeremiah 9:23-24 Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise [man] glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty [man] glory in his might, let not the rich [man] glory in his riches: ... But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I [am] the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these [things] I delight, saith the LORD.

I will:

2 Corinthians 12:5-10 Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities. ... Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Colossians 1:24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church:
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Pv 25:27; 27:2. Jr 9:23. 2Co 11:16; 12:1, 5, 11. Col 1:24.

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