¹⁶ The plan includes taking the good news to people and lands beyond you. We’ve no interest in or intention of staking claim to other people’s accomplishments in their arenas. As the Scripture says, ¹⁷ “The one who boasts must boast in the Lord.”^{[a] 18} Now let’s be clear: it’s not the one who commends himself who is approved; it’s the one whom the Lord commends.