2 Corinthians 10:16
14 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,
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.
17 Rather, “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”
18 For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- 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.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- so as to preach the Good News even to the parts beyond you, not to boast in what someone else has already done.
- ASV
- so as to preach the gospel even unto the parts beyond you, [and] not to glory in another`s province in regard of things ready to our hand.
- DARBY
- to announce the glad tidings to that [which is] beyond you, not to be boasting in another's rule of things made ready to hand.
- BLB
- so as to preach the gospel [in] the [places] beyond you⁺, not to boast in the things ready in another’s area.
- ÅB
- så vi kan føre evangeliet fram til de land som ligger på andre siden av dere, og ikke innenfor andres område rose oss av det som alt er virket.
- OTB
- slik at vi kan forkynne evangeliet i regionene bortenfor dere. For vi ønsker ikke å skryte av arbeid som allerede er utført i andres territorium.
- B1930
- så vi kan føre evangeliet frem til de land som ligger på hin side av eder, og ikke innenfor andres område rose oss av det som alt er virket.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 15:24–28
I hope to see you on my way to Spain. And after I have enjoyed your company for a while, you can equip me for my journey.
Read in contextActs 19:21
After these things had happened, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem after he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must see Rome as well.”
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