“Paul returns here to what he said at the beginning of the chapter. What he is about to say is true, though it may make him appear to be foolish, because these truths redound to his praise. Paul is not really boasting but merely wants to show that others who boast have nothing more to show for themselves than he has, s…”
Ambrosiaster, 4th c. — COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES
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16I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little.
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14And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.
15Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
— 2 Corinthians 11:16 —
17That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishly, in this confidence of boasting.
18Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.