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2 Corinthians 3:1

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

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I have made a fool of myself, but you drove me to it. I ought to have been commended by you, for I am not in the least inferior to the “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are not wise.

We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to take pride in us, so that you can answer those who take pride in what is seen rather than in what is in the heart.

When Apollos wanted to go to Achaia, the brothers and sisters encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. When he arrived, he was a great help to those who by grace had believed.

Then, when I arrive, I will give letters of introduction to the men you approve and send them with your gift to Jerusalem.

Have you been thinking all along that we have been defending ourselves to you? We have been speaking in the sight of God as those in Christ; and everything we do, dear friends, is for your strengthening.

So even if I boast somewhat freely about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up rather than tearing you down, I will not be ashamed of it.

Unlike so many, we do not peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as those sent from God.

even as I try to please everyone in every way. For I am not seeking my own good but the good of many, so that they may be saved.

Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.

By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care.

I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon of the church in Cenchreae.

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




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