2 Corinthians 3:1

New American Bible - revised edition

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

Cross References

Acts 18:27

And when he wanted to cross to Achaia, the brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. After his arrival he gave great assistance to those who had come to believe through grace.

Romans 16:1

I commend to you Phoebe our sister, who is [also] a minister of the church at Cenchreae,

1 Corinthians 10:33

just as I try to please everyone in every way, not seeking my own benefit but that of the many, that they may be saved.

1 Corinthians 16:3

And when I arrive, I shall send those whom you have approved with letters of recommendation to take your gracious gift to Jerusalem.

1 Corinthians 3:10

According to the grace of God given to me, like a wise master builder I laid a foundation, and another is building upon it. But each one must be careful how he builds upon it,

1 Corinthians 4:15

Even if you should have countless guides to Christ, yet you do not have many fathers, for I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

2 Corinthians 10:12

Not that we dare to class or compare ourselves with some of those who recommend themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding.

2 Corinthians 10:18

For it is not the one who recommends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord recommends.

2 Corinthians 10:8

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.

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have been foolish. You compelled me, for I ought to have been commended by you. For I am in no way inferior to these “superapostles,” even though I am nothing.

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 2:17

For we are not like the many who trade on the word of God; but as out of sincerity, indeed as from God and in the presence of God, we speak in Christ.

2 Corinthians 5:12

We are not commending ourselves to you again but giving you an opportunity to boast of us, so that you may have something to say to those who boast of external appearance rather than of the heart.