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2 Corinthians 10:12 KJV
2 Corinthians · chapter 10 · verse 12
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.2 Corinthians 10:12 · King James Version
2 Corinthians 10:12 in context
10For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
11Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.
12For 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.
13But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you.
14For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ:
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Key words (Strong's)
- ourselvesheautouhimself, herself, itself, themselvesG1438 →
- measuringmetreōto measure, to measure out or off, any space or distance with a measurer s reed or rule…G3354 →
- commendsynistēmito place together, to set in the same place,to bring or band together, to stand with , to…G4921 →
- daretolmaōnot to dread or shun through fear, to bear, endure, to bring one's self to, to be bold…G5111 →
- wisesyniēmito set or bring together, in a hostile sense, of combatants, to put the perception with…G4920 →
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In these verses observe, I. The apostle refuses to justify himself, or to act by such rules as the false apostles did, Co2 10:12. He plainly intimates that they took a wrong method to commend themselves, in measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, which was not wise.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-18