It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it glorious to seek one’s own glory.
2 Corinthians 11:30 - English Standard Version 2016 If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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. |
It is not good to eat much honey, nor is it glorious to seek one’s own glory.
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.
And he went throughout all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction among the people.
I must go on boasting. Though there is nothing to be gained by it, I will go on to visions and revelations of the Lord.
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am filling up what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church,