2 Corinthians 5:12

Bible in Basic English 1965

We are not again requesting your approval, but we are giving you the chance of taking pride in us, so that you may be able to give an answer to those whose glory is in seeming, and not in the heart.

Cross References

Proverbs 27:2

Let another man give you praise, and not your mouth; one who is strange to you, and not your lips.

2 Corinthians 1:14

Even as you have been ready, in part, to say that we are your glory, in the same way that you are ours, in the day of the Lord Jesus.

2 Corinthians 10:12

For we will not make comparison of ourselves with some of those who say good things about themselves: but these, measuring themselves by themselves, and making comparison of themselves with themselves, are not wise.

2 Corinthians 10:18

For the Lord's approval of a man is not dependent on his opinion of himself, but on the Lord's opinion of him.

2 Corinthians 10:7

Give attention to the things which are before you. If any man seems to himself to be Christ's, let him keep in mind that we are as much Christ's as he is.

2 Corinthians 10:8

For though I might take pride in our authority which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for your destruction, it will not be a cause of shame to me:

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have been forced by you to become foolish, though it was right for my praise to have come from you: for in no way was I less than the chief of the Apostles, though I am nothing.

2 Corinthians 3:1

Do we seem to be again attempting to put ourselves in the right? or have we need, as some have, of letters of approval to you or from you?

2 Corinthians 6:4

But in everything making it clear that we are the servants of God, in quiet strength, in troubles, in need, in sorrow,

Philippians 1:26

So that your pride in me may be increased in Christ Jesus through my being present with you again.