2 Corinthians 3:1

Conservative English Version

Are we once again bragging about ourselves? Do we need letters to you or from you to tell others about us? Some people do need letters that tell about them.

Cross References

Acts 18:27

Apollos decided to travel through Achaia. So the Lord's followers wrote letters, encouraging the followers there to welcome him. After Apollos arrived in Achaia, he was a great help to everyone who had put their faith in the Lord Jesus because of God's kindness.

Romans 16:1

I have good things to say about Phoebe, who is a leader in the church at Cenchreae.

1 Corinthians 10:33

I always try to please others instead of myself, in the hope that many of them will be saved.

1 Corinthians 16:3

Choose some followers to take the money to Jerusalem. I will send them on with the money and with letters which show that you approve of them.

1 Corinthians 3:10

God was kind and let me become an expert builder. I laid a foundation on which others have built. But we must each be careful how we build,

1 Corinthians 4:15

Ten thousand people may teach you about Christ, but I am your only father. You became my children when I told you about Christ Jesus,

2 Corinthians 10:12

We won't dare compare ourselves with those who think so much of themselves. But they are foolish to compare themselves with themselves.

2 Corinthians 10:18

You may brag about yourself, but the only approval that counts is the Lord's approval.

2 Corinthians 10:8

Maybe I brag a little too much about the authority that the Lord gave me to help you and not to hurt you. Yet I am not embarrassed to brag.

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have been making a fool of myself. But you forced me to do it, when you should have been speaking up for me. I may be nothing at all, but I am as good as those super apostles.

2 Corinthians 12:19

Have you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves to you? Actually, we have been speaking to God as followers of Christ. But, my friends, we did it all for your good.

2 Corinthians 2:17

A lot of people try to get rich from preaching God's message. But we are God's sincere messengers, and by the power of Christ we speak our message with God as our witness.

2 Corinthians 5:12

We are not trying once more to brag about ourselves. But we want you to be proud of us, when you are with those who are not sincere and brag about what others think of them.