2 Corinthians 10:12

For we dare not value, or compare ourselves, with those who vaunt: but they, because they compare themselves with themselves, are not wise.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.

In Context

11But let him who saith so, consider this, that such as we are in our epistolary discourse, when absent, such also are we in action, when present.

13But we will not glory beyond our measure, but within the measure of the limits which God hath imparted to us, that we should reach as far as you.

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Cross References

Romans 15:18Yet I presume not to speak of any thing done for the obedience of the Gentiles, which Messiah hath not wrought by me, in word and in deeds,

2 Corinthians 5:12We do not again laud ourselves to you; but we give you occasion to glory in us, to them who glory in appearance and not in heart.

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 10:8-12

The Apostle's Spiritual Authority. ( a. d. 57.) 7 Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's. 8 For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed: 9 That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters. 10 For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but… Read the whole commentary →

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