SEV Biblia, Chapter 11:17
Lo que hablo, no lo hablo segn el Seor, sino como en locura, con esta confianza de gloria.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 11:17
Verse 17. I speak it not after the Lord] Were it not for the necessity under which I am laid to vindicate my apostleship, my present glorying would be inconsistent with my Christian profession of humility, and knowing no one after the flesh.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 17. That which I speak , etc..] Meaning in vindication and commendation of himself, on this subject of glorying; or, as here expressed, in this confidence of boasting ; for which he thought he had good ground and foundation to go upon, and therefore might express himself with the greatest assurance, (see 2 Corinthians 9:4) this he declares he spoke not as from the Lord, but of himself: I speak it not after the Lord ; or Christ, as some copies read; or our Lord, as the Syriac version; his sense is, that he did not then speak as an apostle, or one sent by Christ; he put off this character for the present, and took that of a fool upon him, that he might speak the more freely to the Corinthians, and the more severely against the false apostles; he did not pretend to any express command from Christ for so doing, or that he acted in imitation of him, who was meek and lowly; or that what he said came from the Spirit of the Lord; or, indeed, that it was agreeably to his own Spirit, and the principles of grace formed in him; but was obliged to it, through the boasts of the false apostles; which though it was not criminal and unlawful, but necessary, right, and proper, considering the reasons of it, the end for which, and the intention and view with which it was done; yet viewing the form and manner of this boasting, without attending to the circumstances of it, it had the appearance of folly: wherefore the apostle says, he spoke not as according to the commandment, or example of his Lord; or according to the Spirit of the Lord, or his own Spirit, as renewed by his grace: but as it were foolishly ; he does not say that what he said was foolishness, but it looked like it, and would be deemed so by such who were strangers to the true springs of it.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 16-21 - It is the duty and practice of Christians to humble themselves, in obedience to the command and example of the Lord; yet prudence mus direct in what it is needful to do things which we may do lawfully even the speaking of what God has wrought for us, and in us, and by us Doubtless here is reference to facts in which the character of the false apostles had been shown. It is astonishing to see how such me bring their followers into bondage, and how they take from them an insult them.
Greek Textus Receptus
ο 3739 R-ASN λαλω 2980 5719 V-PAI-1S ου 3756 PRT-N λαλω 2980 5719 V-PAI-1S κατα 2596 PREP κυριον 2962 N-ASM αλλ 235 CONJ ως 5613 ADV εν 1722 PREP αφροσυνη 877 N-DSF εν 1722 PREP ταυτη 3778 D-DSF τη 3588 T-DSF υποστασει 5287 N-DSF της 3588 T-GSF καυχησεως 2746 N-GSF
Vincent's NT Word Studies
17. Confidence (upostasei). See on ch. ix. 4.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
11:17 {Not after the Lord} (ou kata kurion). Not after the example of the Lord. He had appealed to the example of Christ in #10:1 (the meekness and gentleness of Christ). Paul's conduct here, he admits, is not in keeping with that. But circumstances force him on.
