2 Corinthians 10:13-11:6

English Standard Version

¹³But we will not boast ^(A)beyond limits, but will ^(B)boast only with regard to the area of influence God assigned to us, ^(C)to reach even to you. ¹⁴For we are not overextending ourselves, as though we did not reach you. ^(D)For we were the first to come all the way to you with the gospel of Christ. ¹⁵We do not boast beyond limit in the labors of others. But our hope is that ^(E)as your faith increases, our area of influence among you may be ^(F)greatly enlarged, ¹⁶so that we may preach the gospel in lands beyond you, without boasting of work already done in another's area of influence. ¹⁷“Let ^(G)the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.” ¹⁸For it is ^(H)not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one ^(I)whom the Lord commends.

Paul and the False Apostles

11 I wish you would bear with me in a little foolishness. Do bear with me! ²For I feel a divine jealousy for you, since ^(J)I betrothed you to one husband, ^(K)to present you ^(L)as a pure virgin to Christ. ³But I am afraid that ^(M)as the serpent deceived Eve by his cunning, your thoughts ^(N)will be led astray from a ^(O)sincere and ^(P)pure devotion to Christ. ⁴For if someone comes and ^(Q)proclaims another Jesus than the one we proclaimed, or if you receive a different spirit from the one you received, or if you accept ^(R)a different gospel from the one you accepted, you put up with it readily enough. ⁵Indeed, I consider that ^(S)I am not in the least inferior to these super-apostles. ⁶^(T)Even if I am unskilled in speaking, ^(U)I am not so in knowledge; indeed, in every way ^(V)we have made this plain to you in all things.