2 Corinthians 11:18

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“Since many are boasting according to the flesh, I too will boast.”

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BSBPD

“Since many are boasting according to the flesh, I too will boast.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“since many boast according to the flesh, I also will boast:”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Corinthians 11:18 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Jeremiah 9:23This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.
  2. 1 Corinthians 4:10We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are honored, but we are dishonored.
  3. 2 Corinthians 10:12We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they show their ignorance.
  4. 2 Corinthians 11:12But I will keep on doing what I am doing, in order to undercut those who want an opportunity to be regarded as our equals in the things of which they boast.
  5. 2 Corinthians 11:21To my shame I concede that we were too weak for that! Speaking as a fool, however, I can match what anyone else dares to boast about.
  6. 2 Corinthians 12:5I will boast about such a man, but I will not boast about myself, except in my weaknesses.
  7. 2 Corinthians 12:9But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
  8. 2 Corinthians 12:11I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
  9. Philippians 3:3For it is we who are the circumcision, we who worship by the Spirit of God, who glory in Christ Jesus, and who put no confidence in the flesh—
  10. 1 Peter 1:24For, “All flesh is like grass, and all its glory like the flowers of the field; the grass withers and the flowers fall,

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