2 Corinthians 3:1
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Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?
Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? or need we, as do some, epistles of commendation to you or from you?
Are we starting to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some [false teachers], letters of recommendation to you or from you? [No!]
Are we starting to commend ourselves again? Or we do not, like some [false teachers], need written credentials or letters of recommendation to you or from you, [do we]?
Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some, letters of recommendation to you or from you?
Are we starting to commend ourselves again? We don’t need letters of introduction to you or from you like other people, do we?
Are we starting to recommend ourselves again? Or do we, like some, need letters of recommendation either to you or from you?
Are we once again bragging about ourselves? Do we need letters to you or from you to tell others about us? Some people do need letters telling about them.
Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or do we need, as some, commendatory letters to you, or [commendatory] from you?
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or we do not have-need of letters of recommendation to you or from you, like some, do we?
Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need (as some do) epistles of commendation to you, or from you?
Why are we beginning again to tell you all these good things about ourselves? Do we need letters of introduction to you or from you, like some other people?
We do not need any more to show that our work is good. Some people need to have letters from other people to say that they do good work. We do not need to show you letters like that. Nor do we need you to write a letter like that for us.
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you?
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you?
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you?
Are we starting to ·brag about [praise; commend] ourselves again? Do we need letters of ·introduction [recommendation] to you or from you, like some other people [C Paul’s opponents evidently carried letters of reference (perhaps from Jerusalem)]?
1 He desireth no other commendation, 3 than their continuing in the faith. 6 He is a minister not of the letter, but of the Spirit. 8 He showeth the difference of the Law, and the Gospel, 13 that the brightness of the Law doth rather dim the sight than lighten it: 18 But the Gospel doth make manifest God’s countenance unto us. Do we begin to praise ourselves again? or need we as some others, Epistles of recommendation unto you, or letters of recommendation from you?
Do we have to show you our qualifications again? Do we, like some people, need letters that recommend us to you or letters from you that recommend us to others?
Does this sound as if we were again boasting about ourselves? Could it be that, like some other people, we need letters of recommendation to you or from you?
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some, letters of recommendation to you or from you?
Are we starting to brag about ourselves again? Do we need letters of introduction to you or from you, like some other people?
Are we beginning to recommend ourselves again? Unlike some people, we do not need letters of recommendation to you or from you, do we?
Is this going to be more self-advertisement in your eyes? Do we need, as some apparently do, to exchange testimonials before we can be friends? You yourselves are our testimonial, written in our hearts and yet open for anyone to inspect and read. You are an open letter about Christ which we ourselves have written, not with pen and ink but with the Spirit of the living God. Our message has been engraved not in stone, but in living men and women.
¶ Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or do we need, as some others, epistles of commendation to you or letters of commendation from you?
Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?
Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some, letters of commendation to you or from you?
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we, like some, need letters of recommendation to you or from you?
Are we beginning to be like those false teachers of yours who must tell you all about themselves and bring long letters of recommendation with them? I think you hardly need someone’s letter to tell you about us, do you? And we don’t need a recommendation from you, either!
Does it sound like we’re patting ourselves on the back, insisting on our credentials, asserting our authority? Well, we’re not. Neither do we need letters of endorsement, either to you or from you. You yourselves are all the endorsement we need. Your very lives are a letter that anyone can read by just looking at you. Christ himself wrote it—not with ink, but with God’s living Spirit; not chiseled into stone, but carved into human lives—and we publish it.
Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as some others, letters of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?
Are we beginning to recommend ourselves again? We do not need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you or from you, do we?
Do we have to show you our qualifications again? Do we, like some people, need letters that recommend us to you or letters from you that recommend us to others?
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you or from you?
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some, letters of commendation to you or from you?
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some, letters of commendation to you or from you?
Are we beginning once again to commend ourselves to you? Surely, as is true in some cases, we do not need letters of recommendation to you or from you.
Are we starting to brag about ourselves again? Do we need letters of introduction to you or from you, like some other people?
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? We don’t need letters of recommendation to you or from you as some other people do, do we?
Are we beginning to praise ourselves again? Some people need letters that speak well of them. Do we need those kinds of letters, either to you or from you?
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you?
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you?
Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as some others, epistles of commendation to you or letters of commendation from you?
Are we making it sound as if we think we are so important? Other people write letters about themselves. Do we need to write such a letter to you?
Are we beginning to praise ourselves again? Are we like others, who need to bring you letters of recommendation, or who ask you to write such letters on their behalf? Surely not!
We begin to praise ourselves again. Do we, like some others, need letters of recommendation to you? or letters of recommendation from you?
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Surely we do not need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you or from you, do we?
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Surely we do not need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you or from you, do we?
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Surely we do not need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you or from you, do we?
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Surely we do not need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you or from you, do we?
So: we’re starting to “recommend ourselves” again, are we? Or perhaps we need—as some do—official references to give to you? Or perhaps even to get from you?
Do we begin again to commend ourselves? [2C 5:12] Or surely we do not need, as some do, iggrot of haskama (letters of approval, commendation) to you or from you? [Ac 18:27; Ro 16:1]
Do we begin to praise ourselves again? Or do we need, as some others, letters of recommendation to you, or of recommendation from you?
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you?
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you?
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you or from you?
Are we back to page one? Do we need to gather some recommendations to prove our validity to you? Or do we need to take your letter of commendation to others to gain credibility?
Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you?
Do you think we are starting again to tell how good we are? Do we need letters to tell about us, as some teachers do? We do not need letters to you or from you to praise us.
Begin we therefore again to praise us selves? or whether we need, as some men, epistles of praising to you, or of you? [Begin we again to commend, or praise, ourselves? or whether we need, as some, praising letters to you, or of you?]
Do we begin again to recommend ourselves, except we need, as some, letters of recommendation unto you, or from you?
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