2 Corinthians 12:5; In Mine Infirmities
2 Corinthians 12:5 Of such an one will I glory: yet of myself I will not glory, but in mine infirmities.
It is interesting how the Apostle Paul avoided mentioning that he was the one who experienced the vision of paradise, the third heaven. He uses a third person so that it might not bring to himself any glory or attention. Recall what John the Baptiser said in John 3:30 He must increase, but I must decrease. This JC Ryle called “a splendid pattern of true and godly humility. A man can receive nothing except it be given him from heaven.” The Apostle Paul understood this. He was a blind man healed because he persecuted the church of God.
Again, he reminded the Corinthians of his sufferings. It was a mark of his identifying with the ministry of Christ – Luke 22:27 For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.