2 Corinthians 10:14

12 For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.

13 But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you.

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:

15 Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men’s labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,

16 To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man’s line of things made ready to our hand.

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

    For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.

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  • 1 Timothy 1:11

    According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

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  • 1 Corinthians 4:15

    For though ye have ten thousand instructers in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.

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  • Romans 15:18–19

    For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,

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  • Acts 20:24

    But none of these things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I might finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the gospel of the grace of God.

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  • 1 Corinthians 3:5–6

    Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos, but ministers by whom ye believed, even as the Lord gave to every man?

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  • 2 Corinthians 2:12

    Furthermore, when I came to Troas to preach Christ’s gospel, and a door was opened unto me of the Lord,

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  • 2 Corinthians 4:4

    In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

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