2 Corinthians 10:8

New American Bible - revised edition

And even if I should boast a little too much of our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for tearing you down, I shall not be put to shame.

Cross References

2 Corinthians 1:24

Not that we lord it over your faith; rather, we work together for your joy, for you stand firm in the faith.

2 Corinthians 10:4

for the weapons of our battle are not of flesh but are enormously powerful, capable of destroying fortresses. We destroy arguments

2 Corinthians 10:9

May I not seem as one frightening you through letters.

2 Corinthians 12:19

Have you been thinking all along that we are defending ourselves before you? In the sight of God we are speaking in Christ, and all for building you up, beloved.

2 Corinthians 12:6

Although if I should wish to boast, I would not be foolish, for I would be telling the truth. But I refrain, so that no one may think more of me than what he sees in me or hears from me

2 Corinthians 13:10

I am writing this while I am away, so that when I come I may not have to be severe in virtue of the authority that the Lord has given me to build up and not to tear down.

2 Corinthians 13:8

For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth.

2 Corinthians 7:14

For if I have boasted to him about you, I was not put to shame. No, just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting before Titus proved to be the truth.

2 Corinthians 7:4

I have great confidence in you, I have great pride in you; I am filled with encouragement, I am overflowing with joy all the more because of all our affliction. Paul’s Joy in Macedonia.

Galatians 1:1

Paul, an apostle not from human beings nor through a human being but through Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead,

2 Timothy 1:12

On this account I am suffering these things; but I am not ashamed, for I know him in whom I have believed and am confident that he is able to guard what has been entrusted to me until that day.