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2 Corinthians 3:1

New Century Version

Are we starting to brag about ourselves again? Do we need letters of introduction to you or from you, like some other people?

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I have been talking like a fool, but you made me do it. You are the ones who should say good things about me. I am worth nothing, but those “great apostles” are not worth any more than I am!

We do not dare to compare ourselves with those who think they are very important. They use themselves to measure themselves, and they judge themselves by what they themselves are. This shows that they know nothing.

We are not trying to prove ourselves to you again, but we are telling you about ourselves so you will be proud of us. Then you will have an answer for those who are proud about things that can be seen rather than what is in the heart.

Now Apollos wanted to go to the country of Southern Greece. So the believers helped him and wrote a letter to the followers there, asking them to accept him. These followers had believed in Jesus because of God’s grace, and when Apollos arrived, he helped them very much.

When I arrive, I will send whomever you approve to take your gift to Jerusalem. I will send them with letters of introduction,

Do you think we have been defending ourselves to you all this time? We have been speaking in Christ and before God. You are our dear friends, and everything we do is to make you stronger.

It is true that we brag freely about the authority the Lord gave us. But this authority is to build you up, not to tear you down. So I will not be ashamed.

We do not sell the word of God for a profit as many other people do. But in Christ we speak the truth before God, as messengers of God.

just as I, also, try to please everybody in every way. I am not trying to do what is good for me but what is good for most people so they can be saved.

For though you may have ten thousand teachers in Christ, you do not have many fathers. Through the Good News I became your father in Christ Jesus,

Using the gift God gave me, I laid the foundation of that house like an expert builder. Others are building on that foundation, but all people should be careful how they build on it.

I recommend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a helper in the church in Cenchrea.

It is not those who say they are good who are accepted but those the Lord thinks are good.




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