¹² For we do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with ^[a]some of those who ^(A)commend themselves, but when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are without understanding. ¹³ But we will not boast ^(B)beyond our measure, but ^[b](C)within the measure of the area of influence which God apportioned 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 you, (for ^(D)we were the first to come even as far as you in the ^(E)gospel of Christ), ¹⁵ not boasting ^(F)beyond our measure in ^(G)other men’s labors, but having the hope—that as ^(H)your faith grows—to be ^(I)enlarged even more by you ^[c]within our area of influence, ¹⁶ so as to ^(J)proclaim the gospel even to ^(K)the regions beyond you, and not to boast ^[d](L)in what has been accomplished in the area of influence of another. ¹⁷ But ^(M)he who boasts is to boast in the Lord. ¹⁸ For it is not the one who ^(N)commends himself that is approved, but the one ^(O)whom the Lord commends.