2 Corinthians 12:5

Of such a one will I boast: yet of myself I will not boast, but in my weaknesses.
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John Chrysostom

AD 407
It is obvious that Paul was talking about himself, but he says this in order to show that it does not matter to him in the slightest. He would prefer not to talk about it at all.

Tertullian of Carthage

AD 220
-thereby teaching us that greatness has its proofs in lowliness, just as (according to the apostle)there is power even in infirmity

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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