2 Corinthians 11:16 - Exposition

I say again. St. Paul evidently feels an almost invincible repugnance to begin to speak of his own works. He has twice swerved away from the task ( 2 Corinthians 10:8 ; 2 Corinthians 11:1 , 2 Corinthians 11:6 ) to speak of collateral topics. Now at last he begins, but only (to our grievous loss) to break off abruptly in 2 Corinthians 11:33 , before the story of his past sufferings has been much more than begun. A fool… boast. Here, again, we have the two haunting words of this section (see note on 2 Corinthians 11:1 ; 1 Corinthians 15:36 ; 1 Corinthians 13:3 ). "Boast" occurs sixteen times in these three chapters alone. That I rather, that I also .