I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus. — Better, I protest by your boast which I have in Christ Jesus. His converts are his boasting (2 Corinthians 9:3), and by the fact that they are his in the Lord, he utters the solemn assertion, “I die daily.” Such a life as St. Paul’s, both as regards the spiritual battles in his own soul and the ceaseless conflict with enemies around him, was indeed a daily dying (2 Corinthians 11:23).

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