2 Corinthians 10:13 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹³ We, however, will not boast beyond limits but will keep within the field that God has assigned to us, to reach out even as far as you.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ We, on the other hand, will not boast beyond our legitimate province and proper limit, but will keep within the limits [of our commission which] God has allotted us as our measuring line and which reaches and includes even you.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ But we will not glory beyond our measure, but according to the measure of the province which God apportioned to us as a measure, to reach even unto you.

Common English Bible

¹³ We won’t take pride in anything more than what is appropriate. Let’s look at the boundaries of our work area that God has assigned to us. It’s an area that includes you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ Thus, we will not glory beyond our measure, but rather according to the measure of the limit which God has measured out to us, a measure which extends even to you.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ But we will not glory beyond our measure; but according to the measure of the rule, which God hath measured to us, a measure to reach even unto you.

2 Corinthians 10:13 Cross References

Psalm 19:4

yet their voice goes out through all the earth and their words to the end of the world. In the heavens he has set a tent for the sun,

Proverbs 25:14

Like clouds and wind without rain is one who boasts of a gift never given.

Isaiah 28:17

And I will make justice the line and righteousness the plummet; hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, and waters will overwhelm the shelter.

Matthew 25:15

to one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one, to each according to his ability. Then he went away. At once

Romans 10:18

But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they have: “Their voice has gone out to all the earth and their words to the ends of the world.”

Romans 12:3

For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of yourself more highly than you ought to think but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.

Romans 12:6

We have gifts that differ according to the grace given to us: prophecy, in proportion to faith;

Romans 15:20

Thus I make it my ambition to proclaim the gospel, not where Christ has already been named, so that I do not build on someone else’s foundation,

1 Corinthians 12:11

All these are activated by one and the same Spirit, who allots to each one individually just as the Spirit chooses.

Ephesians 4:7

But each of us was given grace according to the measure of Christ’s gift.

1 Peter 4:10

Like good stewards of the manifold grace of God, serve one another with whatever gift each of you has received.