Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
The saying stands within Paul's relating of his own experience in 2 Corinthians 11. To glory after the flesh is to view matters by human eyesight rather than spiritually. Such human viewing leads to very grave mistakes when it takes up a work God has not assigned but has condemned, the work of criticizing others, climbing upon the judgment seat, and pronouncing sentence upon them.
The chapter is to be studied and made to speak decidedly against entering into controversy with any person. It is likewise to be studied and made to speak decidedly against seeking to be original by bringing in strange and odd ideas. For spiritual progress it is far better to examine one's own heart watchfully, to attend to one's own shortcomings and defects of character, and to put away faultfinding, evil surmising, evil speaking, bearing false witness, hatred, and accusing of fellow believers. The chapter is also to be studied and made to speak for obtaining a deeper experience, so that the work advances in a dignified, elevated, and ennobling way.
The saying stands within Paul's relating of his own experience in 2 Corinthians 11. To glory after the flesh is to view matters by human eyesight rather than spiritually. Such human viewing leads to very grave mistakes when it takes up a work God has not assigned but has condemned, the work of criticizing others, climbing upon the judgment seat, and pronouncing sentence upon them.
The chapter is to be studied and made to speak decidedly against entering into controversy with any person. It is likewise to be studied and made to speak decidedly against seeking to be original by bringing in strange and odd ideas. For spiritual progress it is far better to examine one's own heart watchfully, to attend to one's own shortcomings and defects of character, and to put away faultfinding, evil surmising, evil speaking, bearing false witness, hatred, and accusing of fellow believers. The chapter is also to be studied and made to speak for obtaining a deeper experience, so that the work advances in a dignified, elevated, and ennobling way.