2 Corinthians 10:14

12 We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they show their ignorance.

13 We, however, will not boast beyond our limits, but only within the field of influence that God has assigned to us—a field that reaches even to you.

We are not overstepping our bounds, as if we had not come to you. Indeed, we were the first to reach you with the gospel of Christ.

15 Neither do we boast beyond our limits in the labors of others. But we hope that as your faith increases, our area of influence among you will greatly increase as well,

16 so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. Then we will not be boasting in the work already done in another man’s territory.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
We are not overstepping our bounds, as if we had not come to you. Indeed, we were the first to reach you with the gospel of Christ.
KJV
For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ:
WEB
For we don’t stretch ourselves too much, as though we didn’t reach to you. For we came even as far as to you with the Good News of Christ,
ASV
For we stretch not ourselves overmuch, as though we reached not unto you: for we came even as far as unto you in the gospel of Christ:
DARBY
For we do not, as not reaching to you, overstretch ourselves, (for we have come to you also in the glad tidings of the Christ;)
BLB
For we are not overextending ourselves, as not reaching to you⁺. For we came also as far as you⁺ in the gospel of Christ,
ÅB
For vi strekker oss ikke ut over vårt mål, som om vi ikke var nådd fram til dere - vi er jo kommet like til dere med Kristi evangelium -
OTB
Vi går ikke utover våre grenser i vår skryt, slik det ville vært tilfelle hvis vi ikke hadde kommet til dere, for vi nådde dere med Kristi evangelium.
B1930
For vi strekker oss ikke ut over vårt mål, som om vi ikke var nådd frem til eder - vi er jo kommet like til eder med Kristi evangelium -

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Romans 1:16

    I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, then to the Greek.

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  • 1 Timothy 1:11

    that agrees with the glorious gospel of the blessed God, with which I have been entrusted.

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  • 1 Corinthians 4:15

    Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.

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  • Romans 15:18–19

    I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,

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  • Acts 20:24

    But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.

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  • 1 Corinthians 3:5–6

    What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role.

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  • 2 Corinthians 2:12

    Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and a door stood open for me in the Lord,

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  • 2 Corinthians 4:4

    The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

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