2 Corinthians 3:1 - Easy To Read Version

¹ Are we starting to boast about ourselves again? Do we need letters of introduction to you or from you, like some other people?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹ 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

¹ 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)

¹ Are we beginning again to commend ourselves? or need we, as do some, epistles of commendation to you or from you?

Common English Bible

¹ 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

¹ 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

¹ Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need (as some do) epistles of commendation to you, or from you?

2 Corinthians 3:1 Tagairtí Cros

Acts 18:27

Apollos wanted to go to the country of Achaia. So the brothers \{in Ephesus\} helped him. They wrote a letter to the followers \{of Jesus in Achaia\}. In the letter they asked these followers to accept Apollos. These followers \{in Achaia\} had believed in Jesus because of God’s grace (kindness). When Apollos went there, he helped them very much.

Romans 16:1

I want you to know that you can trust our sister \{in Christ\}, Phoebe. She is a special helper {\cf2\super [159]} in the church in Cenchrea.

1 Corinthians 16:3

When I come, I will send some men to take your gift to Jerusalem. These men will be the men that you all agree should go. I will send them with letters of introduction.

1 Corinthians 3:10

Like an expert builder I built the foundation {\cf2\super [17]} of that house. I used the gift that God gave me to do this. Other people are building on that foundation. But each person should be careful how he builds.

1 Corinthians 4:15

You may have 10,000 teachers in Christ, but you don’t have many fathers. Through the Good News {\cf2\super [27]} I became your father in Christ Jesus.

2 Corinthians 10:12

We don’t dare to put ourselves in the same group with those people who think that they are very important. We don’t compare ourselves to them. They use themselves to measure themselves, and they judge themselves by what they themselves are. This shows that they know nothing.

2 Corinthians 10:18

It is not the person who says that he is good who is accepted. It is the person that the Lord thinks is good who is accepted.

2 Corinthians 10:8

It is true that we boast freely about the authority (power) the Lord gave us. But he gave us this power to strengthen you, not to hurt you. So I will not be ashamed of that boasting we do.

2 Corinthians 12:11

I have been \{talking like\} a fool. But you made me do it. You people are the ones who should say good things about me. I am worth nothing, but those “great apostles {\cf2\super [46]} ” are not worth any more than I am!

2 Corinthians 12:19

Do you think that we have been defending ourselves to you all this time? No. We say these things in Christ. And we say these things before God. You are our dear friends. And everything that we do is to make you stronger.

2 Corinthians 2:17

We don’t sell the word of God for a profit like many other people do. No! But in Christ we speak in truth before God. We speak like men sent from God.

2 Corinthians 5:12

We are not trying to prove ourselves to you again. But we are telling you about ourselves. We are giving you reasons to be proud of us. Then you will have an answer for those people who are proud about things that can be seen. Those people don’t care about what is in a person’s heart.