¹² For we don’t dare classify or compare ourselves with some who commend^(A) themselves. But in measuring themselves by themselves and comparing themselves to themselves,^(B) they lack understanding.^{(C) 13} We, however, will not boast beyond measure but according to the measure of the area of ministry that God has assigned^(D) to us, which reaches even to you. ¹⁴ For we are not overextending ourselves, as if we had not reached you, since we have come to you with the gospel of Christ. ¹⁵ We are not boasting beyond measure about other people’s labors. On the contrary, we have the hope^(E) that as your faith increases, our area of ministry will be greatly enlarged, ¹⁶ so that we may preach the gospel to the regions beyond you^(F) without boasting about what has already been done in someone else’s area of ministry.^{(G) 17} So let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.^{[a](H) 18} For it is not the one commending himself who is approved, but the one the Lord commends.^(I)