Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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 II Corinthians 11:5, "those overmuch apostles."
though I be nothing—in myself (I Corinthians 15:9-10).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing 2 Corinthians 12:11:
Numbers 12:3
2 Corinthians 11:5
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