2 Corinthians 11:30 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

If I must boast, I will boast of the things that [show] my infirmity [of the things by which I am made weak and contemptible in the eyes of my opponents].

American Standard Version (1901)

If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things that concern my weakness.

Common English Bible

If it’s necessary to brag, I’ll brag about my weaknesses.

Catholic Public Domain Version

If it is necessary to glory, I will glory of the things that concern my weaknesses.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things that concern my infirmity.

2 Corinthians 11:30 Cross References

Proverbs 25:27

It is not good to eat much honey, so be sparing of complimentary words.

Proverbs 27:2

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

Matthew 4:23

And he went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every infirmity among the people.

1 Corinthians 2:3

And I was with you in weakness and in much fear and trembling;

2 Corinthians 12:1

I must boast; there is nothing to be gained by it, but I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.

Colossians 1:24

Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I complete what is lacking in Christ's afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church,