Proverbs 27:2
New Living Translation
2 Let someone else praise you, not your own mouth—
a stranger, not your own lips.
Proverbs 27:2
New International Version
2 Let someone else praise you, and not your own mouth;
an outsider, and not your own lips.(A)
2 Corinthians 10:18
New Living Translation
18 When people commend themselves, it doesn’t count for much. The important thing is for the Lord to commend them.
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2 Corinthians 10:18
New International Version
18 For it is not the one who commends himself(A) who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.(B)
Proverbs 25:27
New Living Translation
27 It’s not good to eat too much honey,
and it’s not good to seek honors for yourself.
Proverbs 25:27
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2 Corinthians 10:12
New Living Translation
12 Oh, don’t worry; we wouldn’t dare say that we are as wonderful as these other men who tell you how important they are! But they are only comparing themselves with each other, using themselves as the standard of measurement. How ignorant!
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2 Corinthians 10:12
New International Version
12 We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves.(A) When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are not wise.
2 Corinthians 12:11
New Living Translation
Paul’s Concern for the Corinthians
11 You have made me act like a fool. You ought to be writing commendations for me, for I am not at all inferior to these “super apostles,” even though I am nothing at all.
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2 Corinthians 12:11
New International Version
Paul’s Concern for the Corinthians
11 I have made a fool of myself,(A) but you drove me to it. I ought to have been commended by you, for I am not in the least inferior to the “super-apostles,”[a](B) even though I am nothing.(C)
Footnotes
- 2 Corinthians 12:11 Or the most eminent apostles
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