Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on 2 Corinthians 12:11

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2 Corinthians12:11

11. in glorying--omitted in the oldest manuscripts. "I am become a fool." He sounds a retreat [Bengel].

ye--emphatic. "It is YE who have compelled me; for I ought to have been commended by you," instead of having to commend myself.

am I behind--rather as Greek, "was I behind" when I was with you?

the very chiefest--rather, as in 2Co 11:5, "those overmuch apostles."

though I be nothing--in myself (1Co 15:9, 10).

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