Through this message, the Apostle Paul continues to answer some of the accusations the false apostles were continuing to bring against him, and he does this by meeting his baby Corinthian believers where they are, in their understanding, by choosing to boast about himself in a way similar to how the false apostles were boasting about themselves.
But the Apostle Paul's boasting was really very different from theirs. Theirs was all superficial self-aggrandizement. They were very impressed with themselves, calling themselves, super-apostles; but the Apostle Paul was not impressed with himself. Instead, he was impressed with Jesus and the power of the gospel of grace.
