Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

¹² We do not want to be like those people who praise themselves. They measure themselves by their own ideas, and look at themselves to see how good they are. When they do that, they are foolish!

¹³ We will not talk of things we did not do. No, we will only be proud of those things which God has given us to do. And he has sent us even as far as you.

¹⁴ We are not going farther than we should when we come to you. We were the first to come all the way to you with the good news of Christ.

¹⁵ We will not be proud of other men's work which we did not do. We hope that you will believe more strongly, so that we can do more work among you, as God gives it to us.

¹⁶ Then we hope to tell the good news in places far beyond you. We will not be proud of the work given to someone else to do - work that was done before we got there.

¹⁷ The holy writings say that the person who is proud should be proud only of the Lord.

¹⁸ A man who praises himself is not a man who is good. The man who is really good is the man whom the Lord praises.