Study it in the app“For if I should want to boast, I would not be a fool, for I would be speaking the truth; but I refrain, lest anyone credit to me more than what he sees in me or hears from me,”
ForγὰρifἐὰνI should wantθελήσωto boast,καυχήσασθαιI would notοὐκbeἔσομαιa fool,ἄφρωνforγὰρI would be speakingἐρῶthe truth;ἀλήθειανbutδέI refrain,φείδομαιlestμήanyoneτιςcreditλογίσηταιtoεἰςmeἐμὲmore thanὑπὲρwhatὃhe seesβλέπειin meμεorἢhearsἀκούειfromἐξme,ἐμοῦ
want
To have the desire or the resolve for something.
Where else “thelēsō” appearsboast
Boast, take pride in something; in a good sense, glory or rejoice in it.
Where else “kauchēsasthai” appearsbe
To be: says who or what something is.
Where else “esomai” appearsfoolish
Foolish, senseless.
Where else “aphrōn” appearssay
To express something in words to others.
Where else “erō” appearstruly
What is real, not a lie.
Where else “alētheian” appearsrefrain
To hold back.
Where else “pheidomai” appearsreckon
To put something to someone's account: "it was reckoned as righteousness".
Where else “logisētai” appearssee
To use the eyes to perceive something; also to look with intent.
Where else “blepei” appearshear
To perceive a sound, a voice or words with the ears.
Where else “akouei” appears5About such a one I will boast, but about myself I will not boast, except in my weaknesses.
6 · This verse (above)
7And because of the surpassing greatness of the revelations —therefore, so that I would not become conceited, there was given me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, to beat me— so that I would not become conceited.
