The Meaning of 2 Corinthians 11:30 Explained

2 Corinthians 11:30

KJV: If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.

YLT: if to boast it behoveth me, of the things of my infirmity I will boast;

Darby: If it is needful to boast, I will boast in the things which concern my infirmity.

ASV: If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things that concern my weakness.

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CONTEXT: What is the Context of 2 Corinthians 11:30?

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What is the context of 2 Corinthians 11:30?

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

What does 2 Corinthians 11:30 Mean?

Context Summary

2 Corinthians 11:22-33 - Pre-Eminent In Labor And Suffering

It has been truly said that this enumeration represents a life which up to that hour had been without precedent in the history of the world. Self-devotion at particular moments or for some special cause had been often witnessed before; but a self-devotion involving such sacrifices and extending over at least fourteen years, in the interests of mankind at large, was up to that time a thing unknown. The lives of missionaries and philanthropists in later times may have paralleled his experiences; but Paul did all this, and was the first to do it.

The biography of the Apostle, as told by Luke, comes greatly short of this marvelous epitome. Of the facts alluded to only two-the stoning and one of the Roman scourgings-are mentioned in the book of the Acts; from which we gather that the book is, after all, but a fragmentary record, and that the splendid deeds of the disciples and apostles of that first age will be known only when the Lamb Himself recites them from His Book. But even this enumeration omits all that the Apostle suffered after the writing of this Epistle, including, of course, the sufferings between his arrest and his appearance before Nero. [source]

Chapter Summary: 2 Corinthians 11

¹ Out of his jealousy over the Corinthians, he enters into a forced commendation of himself,
⁵ of his equality with the chief apostles,
⁷ of his preaching the gospel to them freely, and without any charge to them;
¹³ showing that he was not inferior to those deceitful workers in any legal prerogative;
²³ and in the service of Christ, and in all kinds of sufferings for his ministry, far superior

Greek Commentary for 2 Corinthians 11:30

The things that concern my weakness [τα της αστενειας μου]
Like the list above. [source]

The things which concern mine infirmities [τὰ τῆς ἀσθενείας μοῦ]
He will be attested as a true apostle by the sufferings which show his weakness, which make him contemptible in his adversaries' eyes, and not by the strength of which his opponents boast. [source]

Reverse Greek Commentary Search for 2 Corinthians 11:30

2 Corinthians 12:5 But on mine own behalf [υπερ δε εμαυτου]
As if there were two Pauls. In a sense there were. He will only glory in the things mentioned above, the things of his weaknesses (2 Corinthians 11:30). [source]

What do the individual words in 2 Corinthians 11:30 mean?

If to boast it behooves [me] [in] the things of the weakness of me I will boast

Εἰ καυχᾶσθαι δεῖ τὰ τῆς ἀσθενείας μου καυχήσομαι

καυχᾶσθαι	to boast
Parse: Verb, Present Infinitive Middle or Passive Root: καυχάομαι Sense: to glory (whether with reason or without).
δεῖ	it behooves [me]
Parse: Verb, Present Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: δεῖ Sense: it is necessary, there is need of, it behooves, is right and proper.
τὰ	[in] the things
Parse: Article, Accusative Neuter Plural Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc.
τῆς	of the
Parse: Article, Genitive Feminine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc.
ἀσθενείας	weakness
Parse: Noun, Genitive Feminine Singular Root: ἀσθένεια Sense: want of strength, weakness, infirmity.
μου	of me
Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive 1st Person Singular Root: ἐγώ Sense: I, me, my.
καυχήσομαι	I will boast
Parse: Verb, Future Indicative Middle, 1st Person Singular Root: καυχάομαι Sense: to glory (whether with reason or without).

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