2 Corinthians 5:12

First Nations Version

We are not trying to make ourselves look big in your eyes, but we do want you to be proud of us in a good way. Then you will be able to see through the ones who brag about how things look on the outside rather than what is in the heart.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 3:1

Do you think we are trying to prove ourselves to you once again? Do we, like some others, need letters of approval for you or from you?

2 Corinthians 1:14

Even now you do not fully know us, and my hope is that you will come to know us for who we truly are. Then on the day of our Honored Chief Creator Sets Free (Jesus), we will take pride in knowing each other.

2 Corinthians 10:18

For it is not the ones who honor themselves that are proven worthy, but only those who are honored by the Great Spirit.

2 Corinthians 12:11

I may be acting like a fool, but you are to be blamed for it. You should have shown honor to me, for I am no less a message bearer than these puffed-up ones, even though I am nothing.

2 Corinthians 10:12

We dare not measure ourselves or lump ourselves together with those who beat their own drum. For when they measure themselves against each other and compare themselves one with another, they show that they have no wisdom.

2 Corinthians 10:8

You might think I brag too much about my authority in the Chosen One, but I am not ashamed to boast, for he gave me the right to build you up, not to tear you down.

2 Corinthians 6:4

Instead, we represent ourselves to others in a good way as servants of the Great Spirit. It is with great patience that we walk through times of trouble, suffering, and misery.

2 Corinthians 10:7

You are only looking at how things appear on the outside. If you are sure that you belong to the Chosen One, you should remind yourself that we, as much as you, also belong to the Chosen One.

Philippians 1:26

Then when I come face to face with you once again, you can be full of joy and stand tall in what the Chosen One, Creator Sets Free (Jesus), has done through me.