Verse 18
2 Corinthians 10:18
Darby Translation
18
For not *he* that commends himself is approved, but whom the Lord commends.
Original Language Text
greek
οὐ γὰρ ὁ ἑαυτὸν ⸀συνιστάνων, ἐκεῖνός ἐστιν δόκιμος, ἀλλὰ ὃν ὁ κύριος συνίστησιν.
English Translation
For it is not the one who commends himself that is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 10 Context
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But I myself, Paul, entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of the Christ, who, as to appearance,...
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but I beseech that present I may not be bold with the confidence with which I think to be daring tow...
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For walking in flesh, we do not war according to flesh.
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For the arms of our warfare [are] not fleshly, but powerful according to God (Elohim) to [the] overt...
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overthrowing reasonings and every high thing that lifts itself up against the knowledge of God (Eloh...
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and having in readiness to avenge all disobedience when your obedience shall have been fulfilled.
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Do ye look at what concerns appearance? If any one has confidence in himself that he is of Christ, l...
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For and if I should boast even somewhat more abundantly of our authority, which the Lord has given [...
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that I may not seem as if I was frightening you by letters:
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because his letters, he says, [are] weighty and strong, but his presence in the body weak, and his s...
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Let such a one think this, that such as we are in word by letters [when] absent, such also present i...
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For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves; but these, me...
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Now *we* will not boast out of measure, but according to the measure of the rule which the God (Eloh...
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For we do not, as not reaching to you, overstretch ourselves, (for we have come to you also in the g...
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not boasting out of measure in other people's labours, but having hope, your faith increasing, to be...
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to announce the glad tidings to that [which is] beyond you, not to be boasting in another's rule of...
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But he that boasts, let him boast in the Lord.
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For not *he* that commends himself is approved, but whom the Lord commends.