2 Corinthians 11:18
Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
KJV
ἐπεὶ πολλοὶ καυχῶνται κατὰ σάρκα, κἀγὼ καυχήσομαι.
Greek NT
Quoniam multi gloriantur secundum carnem : et ego gloriabor.
Vulgate
Seeing that many glory after the flesh, I will glory also.
ASV
Seeing that many glory according to the flesh, I will glory also.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
6 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
κατά
kata
preposition · 470×
καυχάομαι
kauchaomai
verb · 37×
κἀγώ
kago
pronoun · 85×
πολύς
polus
adjective · 412×
σάρξ
sarx
noun · 147×
ἐπεί
epei
conjunction · 26×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
notable
SBLGNT: κατὰ | Treg/NIV: κατὰ | WH/RP: + τὴν
- κατὰ — SBLGNT
- κατὰ — Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + τὴν — Westcott-Hort, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 10:18 — Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
- Gal 6:13 — For neither they themselves who are circumcised keep the law; but desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
- Phil 3:4 — Though I might also have confidence in the flesh. If any other man thinketh that he hath whereof he might trust in the flesh, I more: