2 Corinthians 11:30
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If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things that concern my infirmity.

must.

2 Corinthians 11:16-18 I say again (Let no man think me to be foolish: otherwise take me as one foolish, that I also may glory a little): . . .

2 Corinthians 12:1,11 If I must glory (it is not expedient indeed) but I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. . . .

Proverbs 25:27 As it is not good for a man to eat much honey, so he that is a searcher of majesty shall be overwhelmed by glory.

Proverbs 27:2 Let another praise thee, and not thy own mouth: a stranger, and not thy own lips.

Jeremiah 9:23,24 Thus saith the Lord: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, and let not the strong man glory in his strength, and let not the rich man glory in his riches: . . .

I will.

2 Corinthians 12:5-10 For such an one I will glory: but for myself I will glory nothing but in my infirmities. . . .

Colossians 1:24 Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you and fill up those things that are wanting of the sufferings of Christ, in my flesh, for his body, which is the church:

Context
Paul's Suffering and Service
29Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is scandalized, and I am not on fire? 30If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things that concern my infirmity. 31The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed for ever, knoweth that I lie not.…
Cross References
Matthew 4:23
And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom: and healing all manner of sickness and every infirmity, among the people.

1 Corinthians 2:3
And I was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling.

Lexicon
If
Εἰ (Ei)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.

I must
δεῖ (dei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1163: Third person singular active present of deo; also deon deh-on'; neuter active participle of the same; both used impersonally; it is Necessary.

boast,
καυχᾶσθαι (kauchasthai)
Verb - Present Infinitive Middle or Passive
Strong's Greek 2744: To boast; I glory (exult) proudly. From some base akin to that of aucheo and euchomai; to vaunt.

I will boast
καυχήσομαι (kauchēsomai)
Verb - Future Indicative Middle - 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 2744: To boast; I glory (exult) proudly. From some base akin to that of aucheo and euchomai; to vaunt.

[of] the things
τὰ (ta)
Article - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

[that show]
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

my
μου (mou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

weakness.
ἀσθενείας (astheneias)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 769: From asthenes; feebleness; by implication, malady; morally, frailty.


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

If it behooves me to boast, I will boast in the things of my weakness.

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

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

If it is needful to boast, I will boast in the things which concern my infirmity.

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

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

If boast I must, it shall be of things which display my weakness.

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

if to boast it behoveth me, of the things of my infirmity I will boast;
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