Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Corinthians 12:5

5 Of such an one I will glory ; yet of my self I will not glory , but in mine infirmities l.

The Apostle, as appeareth by what followeth, speaketh of himself; but he does it in a third person. The meaning is, that that man who had been thus dignified of God, in such Revelations and Visions, might well glory of such a favour; but yet, (saith he) of my self I will not glory.

But how doth the Apostle say, that of himself he will not glory, if he were the person intended? Answ. Some say, he distinguisheth concerning himself; as to his inward man, his Soul, (which was rapt into the third Heavens) he did glory; but as to his Body or outward Man, he would not glory in any thing which he had done, but only in what he had suffered. I should rather interpret it thus, in this the Lord greatly dignified me; but here was nothing of my self, of my self therefore I will not glory in any thing; except those things which I have suffered for the name of God.

Marginal references: Chap. 11.30.