2 Corinthians 10:18 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁸ For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁸ For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁸ For [it is] not [the man] who praises and commends himself who is approved and accepted, but [it is the person] whom the Lord accredits and commends.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁸ For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.

Common English Bible

¹⁸ It isn’t the person who promotes himself or herself who is approved but the person whom the Lord commends.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁸ For it is not he who commends himself who is approved, but rather he whom God commends.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁸ For not he who commendeth himself, is approved, but he, whom God commendeth.

2 Corinthians 10:18 Cross References

Proverbs 12:8

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: But he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

Proverbs 21:2

Every way of a man is right in his own eyes: But the LORD weigheth the hearts.

Proverbs 27:2

Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; A stranger, and not thine own lips.

Luke 16:15

And he said unto them, Ye are they that justify yourselves in the sight of men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

John 12:43

for they loved the glory of men more than the glory of God.

Acts 2:22

Ye men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God unto you by mighty works and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, even as ye yourselves know;

Romans 14:18

For he that herein serveth Christ is well-pleasing to God, and approved of men.

Romans 16:10

Salute Apelles the approved in Christ. Salute them which are of the household of Aristobulus.

Romans 2:29

but he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.

1 Corinthians 11:19

For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you.

1 Corinthians 4:5

Wherefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of the hearts; and then shall each man have his praise from God.

2 Corinthians 10:12

For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with certain of them that commend themselves: but they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.

2 Corinthians 13:7

Now we pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we may appear approved, but that ye may do that which is honourable, though we be as reprobate.

2 Corinthians 3:1

Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? or need we, as do some, epistles of commendation to you or from you?

2 Corinthians 5:12

We are not again commending ourselves unto you, but speak as giving you occasion of glorying on our behalf, that ye may have wherewith to answer them that glory in appearance, and not in heart.

2 Corinthians 6:4

but in everything commending ourselves, as ministers of God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses,

2 Timothy 2:15

Give diligence to present thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, handling aright the word of truth.

1 Peter 1:7

that the proof of your faith, being more precious than gold that perisheth though it is proved by fire, might be found unto praise and glory and honour at the revelation of Jesus Christ: