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2 Corinthians 3:1

Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you?

2 You yourselves are our letter, inscribed on our hearts, known and read by everyone.

3 It is clear that you are a letter from Christ, the result of our ministry, written not with ink but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone but on tablets of human hearts.

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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
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you?
KJV
Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?
WEB
Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as do some, letters of commendation to you or from you?
ASV
Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? or need we, as do some, epistles of commendation to you or from you?
DARBY
Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or do we need, as some, commendatory letters to you, or [commendatory] from you?
BLB
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or like some, do we need letters of recommendation to you⁺ or from you⁺?
ÅB
Begynner vi igjen å gi oss selv skussmål, eller mon vi, slik som visse folk, trenger til skussmålsbrev til dere eller fra dere?
OTB
Begynner vi å rose oss selv igjen? Eller trenger vi, som noen gjør, anbefalingsbrev til dere eller fra dere?
B1930
Begynner vi atter å gi oss selv skussmål, eller mon vi, således som visse folk, trenger til skussmålsbrev til eder eller fra eder?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Corinthians 10:12

    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.

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  • 2 Corinthians 12:11

    I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

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  • 2 Corinthians 5:12

    We are not commending ourselves to you again. Instead, we are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you can answer those who take pride in appearances rather than in the heart.

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  • Acts 18:27

    When Apollos resolved to cross over to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. On his arrival, he was a great help to those who by grace had believed.

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  • 1 Corinthians 16:3

    Then, on my arrival, I will send letters with those you recommend to carry your gift to Jerusalem.

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  • 2 Corinthians 2:17

    For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.

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  • 1 Corinthians 3:10

    By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one must be careful how he builds.

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  • 2 Corinthians 12:19

    Have you been thinking all along that we were making a defense to you? We speak before God in Christ, and all of this, beloved, is to build you up.

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