2 Corinthians 10:13-11:6

New American Standard Bible

¹³ But we will not boast ^(A)beyond our measure, but ^[a](B)within the measure of the ^[b]domain which God assigned to us as a measure, to reach even as far as you. ¹⁴ For we are not overextending ourselves, as if we did not reach to you, for ^(C)we were the first to come even as far as you in the ^(D)gospel of Christ; ¹⁵ not boasting ^(E)beyond our measure, that is, in ^(F)other people’s labors, but with the hope that as ^(G)your faith grows, we will be, ^[c]within our ^[d]domain, ^(H)enlarged even more by you, ¹⁶ so as to ^(I)preach the gospel even to ^(J)the regions beyond you, and not to boast ^[e](K)in what has been accomplished in the domain of another. ¹⁷ But ^(L)the one who boasts is to boast in the Lord. ¹⁸ For it is not the one who ^(M)commends himself that is approved, but the one ^(N)whom the Lord commends.

Paul Defends His Apostleship

11 I wish that you would ^(O)bear with me in a little ^(P)foolishness; but ^[f]indeed you are bearing with me. ² For I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy; for I ^(Q)betrothed you to one husband, to ^(R)present you as a pure virgin to Christ. ³ But I am afraid that, as the ^(S)serpent deceived Eve by his trickery, your minds will be led astray from sincere and pure devotion to Christ. ⁴ For if ^[g]one comes and preaches ^(T)another Jesus whom we have not preached, or you receive a ^(U)different spirit which you have not received, or a ^(V)different gospel which you have not accepted, this you ^(W)tolerate ^(X)very well! ⁵ For I consider myself ^(Y)not in the least inferior to the ^[h]most eminent apostles. ⁶ But even if I am ^(Z)unskilled in speech, yet I am not so in ^(AA)knowledge; in fact, in every way we have ^(AB)made this evident to you in all things.