We are not commending ourselves to you again. Instead, we are giving you an occasion to be proud of us, so that you can answer those who take pride in appearances rather than in the heart.
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from y
as you have already understood us in part, that you may boast of us just as we will boast of you in the day of our Lord
Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. They only do this to avoi
For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.
But I will keep on doing what I am doing, in order to undercut those who want an opportunity to be regarded as our equal
I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to gain, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.
For even if I boast somewhat excessively about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up rather than tearing yo
We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themse
I have become a fool, but you drove me to it. In fact, you should have commended me, since I am in no way inferior to th
Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—a stranger, and not your own lips.
Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities