2 Corinthians 12:11 Meaning and Explanation
“I am become a fool in glorying; ye have compelled me: for I ought to have been commended of you: for in nothing am I behind the very chiefest apostles, though I be nothing.”
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Read Full Chapter →Paul says the Corinthians forced him into foolish boasting; he is in no way inferior to the chief apostles, though in himself he is nothing.
What Does 2 Corinthians 12:11 Mean?
Paul steps back from his boasting and calls himself a fool for it, insisting the Corinthians compelled him. They should have defended him themselves, since he is in nothing behind the very chiefest apostles who had impressed them. Yet in the same breath he adds, though I be nothing.
Here humility and confidence stand together. Paul can claim equal standing with the greatest apostles, yet he knows that apart from Christ he is nothing at all. His worth lies not in himself but in the One who called and used him. This is the proper posture of every servant of God: bold in the gospel's authority, lowly about ourselves, ascribing all sufficiency to the Lord.
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What does 2 Corinthians 12:11 mean?
Paul says the Corinthians forced him into foolish boasting; he is in no way inferior to the chief apostles, though in himself he is nothing.