10:16
“so we can expand ..” It seems as if Paul had a strategy that required the region around Corinth to be “secured” before he could safely move further afield. The “boasting about work already done” seems to imply that the “super apostles” were building on other people’s work, which is often the case with charlatans of various sorts.
10:17,18
Paul returns again to the issue of boasting. As mentioned in an earlier post, boasting seems to have been an important matter to Paul. A key element of sinful man is that he will boast in things that he has no right to boast in, and will boast in the wrong way (usually self-glorification). The quote comes from Jer 9:24, and the emphasis in that verse is on boasting in the knowledge of the Lord. Knowing God is what counts. Also note that Paul is only using the word boasting here to contrast the right attitude with the wrong attitude of the super apostles. Self-commendation is worthless, it counts for nothing. It is only approval from the Lord that is worth anything.
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