But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
I have some preconceived ideas about this passage. Those notions cause me to think of the word “glorieth” as meaning something akin to rejoicing. If you are going to rejoice, rejoice in the Lord.
Be happy in the Lord—something along those lines.
But the word glory has to do with being apparent, lifted up, manifest.
This definition complements the context perfectly. The Apostle is speaking of places of ministry and not interfering with another man’s work. He intended not to go where another man labored and build his ministry off their work.
In that context, what verse 17 means is, whatever you accomplish in your labor for the Lord, let it be by the measure of the Lord’s grace and not by taking away from the labors of others.
A work that is entirely the result of what God has done, and not a result of siphoning what God has done through someone else, makes much of the Lord and speaks highly of the laborer.
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