ἐπεὶ πολλοὶ καυχῶνται κ. τ. λ.: seeing that many, sc., of the Corinthian Judaisers against whom this whole polemic is directed (cf. 2 Corinthians 2:17, where they are also alluded to as οἱ πολλοὶ, glory after the flesh, i.e., in external circumstances which are really no fit subject for glorying (see, on ἐν προσώπῳ, chap. 2 Corinthians 5:12 and reff.), I too will glory, sc., after the flesh; i.e., he proceeds to explain how much better external grounds he has for boasting than his Judaising rivals.

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