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Apostolic Boundaries and True Boasting
2 Corinthians 10:12-18
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We don’t dare class or compare ourselves with some of the people who advertise themselves. In measuring themselves against each other and comparing themselves with each other, they are simply stupid.
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We will not boast about what lies outside the area of work which God has given us; rather, we will boast within our assigned area, and that area does reach as far as you.
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We are not overextending our boasting as if we had not reached as far as you; for we did come all the way to you with the Good News of the Messiah.
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We do not boast about the area in which others labor; but our hope is that as your trust grows, we will be magnified in your midst in relation to our own area of work, so that we can go on to do even more,
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namely, to proclaim the Good News in regions beyond you. Our hope is not to boast about the work already done by someone else.
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So, let anyone who wants to boast, boast about Adonai;
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because it is not the one who recommends himself who is worthy of approval, but the one whom the Lord recommends.
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