2 Corinthians 10:8-18

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⁸So even if I boast somewhat freely about the authority the Lord gave us^(A) for building you up rather than tearing you down,^(B) I will not be ashamed of it. ⁹I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you with my letters. ¹⁰For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but in person he is unimpressive^(C) and his speaking amounts to nothing.”^(D) ¹¹Such people should realize that what we are in our letters when we are absent, we will be in our actions when we are present.

¹²We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves.^(E) When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are not wise. ¹³We, however, will not boast beyond proper limits, but will confine our boasting to the sphere of service God himself has assigned to us,^(F) a sphere that also includes you. ¹⁴We are not going too far in our boasting, as would be the case if we had not come to you, for we did get as far as you^(G) with the gospel of Christ.^(H) ¹⁵Neither do we go beyond our limits^(I) by boasting of work done by others.^(J) Our hope is that, as your faith continues to grow,^(K) our sphere of activity among you will greatly expand, ¹⁶so that we can preach the gospel^(L) in the regions beyond you.^(M) For we do not want to boast about work already done in someone else’s territory. ¹⁷But, “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”^[a]^(N) ¹⁸For it is not the one who commends himself^(O) who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.^(P)

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2 Corinthians 10:17 Jer. 9:24

Isaiah 18

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A Prophecy Against Cush

18 Woe^(A) to the land of whirring wings^[a]
along the rivers of Cush,^[b]^(B)
²which sends envoys^(C) by sea
in papyrus^(D) boats over the water.

Go, swift messengers,
to a people tall and smooth-skinned,^(E)
to a people feared far and wide,
an aggressive^(F) nation of strange speech,
whose land is divided by rivers.^(G)

³All you people of the world,^(H)
    you who live on the earth,
when a banner^(I) is raised on the mountains,
    you will see it,
and when a trumpet^(J) sounds,
    you will hear it.
⁴This is what the Lord says to me:
    “I will remain quiet^(K) and will look on from my dwelling place,^(L)
like shimmering heat in the sunshine,^(M)
    like a cloud of dew^(N) in the heat of harvest.”
⁵For, before the harvest, when the blossom is gone
    and the flower becomes a ripening grape,
he will cut off^(O) the shoots with pruning knives,
    and cut down and take away the spreading branches.^(P)
⁶They will all be left to the mountain birds of prey^(Q)
    and to the wild animals;^(R)
the birds will feed on them all summer,
    the wild animals all winter.

⁷At that time gifts^(S) will be brought to the Lord Almighty

from a people tall and smooth-skinned,^(T)
from a people feared^(U) far and wide,
an aggressive nation of strange speech,
whose land is divided by rivers^(V)—

the gifts will be brought to Mount Zion, the place of the Name of the Lord Almighty.^(W)

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