2 Corinthians 10:11-13
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
11 Let such a one consider this: that such as we are in word by letters while absent, such ones we are also in deed while present!
For I Do Not Commend Myself Or Compare Myself To Others
12 For we do not dare to class or compare ourselves with some of the ones commending themselves. But they— measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves— do not understand[a].
And I Do Not Boast In Unmeasured Things Or In The Labors of Others
13 And we will not boast in unmeasured[b] things, but in-relation-to[c] the measure of [d] the standard[e] which God apportioned to us as a measure: to reach as far as even you.
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- 2 Corinthians 10:12 That is, understand the true reality of the matter, stated in v 18.
- 2 Corinthians 10:13 Or, unmeasurable; things beyond measure or without measure.
- 2 Corinthians 10:13 Or, based-on.
- 2 Corinthians 10:13 That is, consisting of.
- 2 Corinthians 10:13 Or, sphere. That is, the measuring rod or the measured out sphere or territory allotted to Paul by God. If Paul did boast, it would be in his own accomplishments as measured by what God gave him to do.
2 Corinthians 10:11-13
New International Version
11 Such people should realize that what we are in our letters when we are absent, we will be in our actions when we are present.
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. 13 We, however, will not boast beyond proper limits, but will confine our boasting to the sphere of service God himself has assigned to us,(B) a sphere that also includes you.
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