When he wanted to cross over to Achaia, the brothers and sisters wrote to the disciples to welcome him. After he arrived, he was a great help to those who by grace had believed.
2 Corinthians 3:1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some, letters of recommendation to you or from you? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition ARE WE starting to commend ourselves again? Or we do not, like some [false teachers], need written credentials or letters of recommendation to you or from you, [do we]? American Standard Version (1901) Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? or need we, as do some, epistles of commendation to you or from you? Common English Bible Are we starting to commend ourselves again? We don’t need letters of introduction to you or from you like other people, do we? Catholic Public Domain Version Must we begin again to commend ourselves? Or are we in need (as some are) of epistles of commendation for you, or from you? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need (as some do) epistles of commendation to you, or from you? |
When he wanted to cross over to Achaia, the brothers and sisters wrote to the disciples to welcome him. After he arrived, he was a great help to those who by grace had believed.
I commend to you our sister Phoebe, who is a servant of the church in Cenchreae.
just as I also try to please everyone in everything, not seeking my own benefit, but the benefit of many, so that they may be saved.
When I arrive, I will send with letters those you recommend to carry your gift to Jerusalem.
According to God’s grace that was given to me, I have laid a foundation as a skilled master builder, and another builds on it. But each one is to be careful how he builds on it.
For you may have countless instructors in Christ, but you don’t have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
For we don’t dare classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. But in measuring themselves by themselves and comparing themselves to themselves, they lack understanding.
For it is not the one commending himself who is approved, but the one the Lord commends.
For if I boast a little too much about our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be put to shame.
I have been a fool; you forced it on me. You ought to have commended me, since I am not in any way inferior to those ‘super-apostles’, even though I am nothing.
Have you been thinking all along that we were defending ourselves to you? No, in the sight of God we are speaking in Christ, and everything, dear friends, is for building you up.
For we do not market the word of God for profit like so many. On the contrary, we speak with sincerity in Christ, as from God and before God.
We are not commending ourselves to you again, but giving you an opportunity to be proud of us, so that you may have a reply for those who take pride in outward appearance rather than in the heart.