¹⁸ But I say, have they not heard? Yes indeed:

¹⁴ Then God said, “Let there be ^(A)lights in the firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs and ^(B)seasons, and for days and years; ¹⁵ and let them be for lights in the firmament of the heavens to give light on the earth”; and it was so. ¹⁶ Then God made two great ^[a]lights: the ^(C)greater light to rule the day, and the ^(D)lesser light to rule the night. He made ^(E)the stars also. ¹⁷ God set them in the firmament of the ^(F)heavens to give light on the earth, ¹⁸ and to ^(G)rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness. And God saw that it was good.

^13 (A)We, however, will not boast beyond measure, but within the limits of the sphere which God appointed us—a sphere which especially includes you. ¹⁴ For we are not overextending ourselves (as though our authority did not extend to you), ^(B)for it was to you that we came with the gospel of Christ; ¹⁵ not boasting of things beyond measure, that is, ^(C)in other men’s labors, but having hope, that as your faith is increased, we shall be greatly enlarged by you in our sphere, ¹⁶ to preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man’s sphere of accomplishment.