11 Let such a person consider this: that what we are in word by letters when we[a] are absent, we will also be in actions[b] when we[c] are present.

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[d], but according to the measure of the assignment that God has assigned to us as a measure to reach even as far as you.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 10:11 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“are absent”) which is understood as temporal
  2. 2 Corinthians 10:11 Literally “deed”
  3. 2 Corinthians 10:11 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“are present”) which is understood as temporal
  4. 2 Corinthians 10:13 Literally “to the things immeasurable”