2 Corinthians 12:5

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

Ver. 5. Yet of myself I will not glory ] Non nisi coactus, ut supra. Paul was a model of modesty, a very crucifix of mortification, as one calleth him.

But in mine infirmities ] i.e. My troubles, so called, either because under them we seem infirm and contemptible; or else, for that afflictions often show our infirmities, our impatience, &c., they make us sick of the fret, &c.