2 Corinthians 5:12 - The Scriptures 1998

¹² For we do not again commend ourselves to you, but give you an occasion to boast on our behalf, in order that you have an answer for those who take pride in appearance and not in heart.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² We are not commending ourselves to you again, but we are providing you with an occasion and incentive to be [rightfully] proud of us, so that you may have a reply for those who pride themselves on surface appearances [on the virtues they only appear to have], although their heart is devoid of them.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

¹² We aren’t trying to commend ourselves to you again. Instead, we are giving you an opportunity to be proud of us so that you could answer those who take pride in superficial appearance, and not in what is in the heart.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² We are not commending ourselves again to you, but rather we are presenting you with an opportunity to glory because of us, when you deal with those who glory in face, and not in heart.

2 Corinthians 5:12 Cross References

Proverbs 27:2

Let another man praise you, And not your own mouth – A stranger, and not your own lips.

2 Corinthians 1:14

as also you have understood us in part, that we are your boast as you also are ours, in the day of the Master יהושע.

2 Corinthians 10:12

For we do not presume to count ourselves or compare ourselves with those who commend themselves. But they, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.

2 Corinthians 10:18

For not he who commends himself is approved, but he whom the Master commends.

2 Corinthians 10:7

Take a look at what you are facing. If anyone seems to trust in himself that he is of Messiah, let him reckon again for himself, that as he is of Messiah, so also are we.

2 Corinthians 10:8

For even if I should boast somewhat more about our authority, which the Master gave us for building up, and not for overthrowing you, I shall not be put to shame,

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have become a fool – you have compelled me. For I should have been commended by you, for in no respect was I behind the most eminent emissaries, though I am a nobody.

2 Corinthians 3:1

Are we to begin to recommend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some, letters of recommendation to you, or from you?

2 Corinthians 6:4

Rather, we commend ourselves as servants of Elohim in every way: in much endurance, in pressures, in hardships, in distresses,

Philippians 1:26

so that your boasting might overflow in יהושע  Messiah on account of me, through my coming to you again.