2 Corinthians 10:12-18
Legacy Standard Bible
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.
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- 2 Corinthians 10:12 Or any
- 2 Corinthians 10:13 Lit according to the measure
- 2 Corinthians 10:15 Lit according to our area of influence
- 2 Corinthians 10:16 Lit to the things prepared in the
2 Corinthians 10:12-18
Lexham English Bible
12 For we do not dare to classify or to compare ourselves with some who commend themselves, but they themselves, when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, do not understand. 13 But we will not boast beyond limits[a], but according to the measure of the assignment that God has assigned to us as a measure to reach even as far as you. 14 For we are not overextending ourselves, as if we[b] had not reached you, because we have reached even as far as you with the gospel of Christ, 15 not boasting beyond limits[c] in the labors of others, but having hope that as your faith is growing to be enlarged greatly by you according to our assignment, 16 so that we may proclaim the gospel in the regions that lie beyond you, and not boast in the things accomplished in the area assigned to someone else. 17 But “the one who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.”[d] 18 For it is not the one commending himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.
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- 2 Corinthians 10:13 Literally “to the things immeasurable”
- 2 Corinthians 10:14 Here “if” is supplied as a component of the participle (“reached”) which is understood as conditional
- 2 Corinthians 10:15 Literally “to the things immeasurable”
- 2 Corinthians 10:17 A quotation from Jer 9:24
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