Bible Cross References
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2 Corinthians 11:12
I will go on doing what I am doing now, in order to keep those other "apostles" from having any reason for boasting and saying that they work in the same way that we do.
2 Corinthians 11:21-23
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I am ashamed to admit that we were too timid to do those things! But if anyone dares to boast about something---I am talking like a fool---I will be just as daring.
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Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they Abraham's descendants? So am I.
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Are they Christ's servants? I sound like a madman---but I am a better servant than they are! I have worked much harder, I have been in prison more times, I have been whipped much more, and I have been near death more often.
2 Corinthians 10:12-18
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Of course we would not dare classify ourselves or compare ourselves with those who rate themselves so highly. How stupid they are! They make up their own standards to measure themselves by, and they judge themselves by their own standards!
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As for us, however, our boasting will not go beyond certain limits; it will stay within the limits of the work which God has set for us, and this includes our work among you.
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And since you are within those limits, we were not going beyond them when we came to you, bringing the Good News about Christ.
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So we do not boast about the work that others have done beyond the limits God set for us. Instead, we hope that your faith may grow and that we may be able to do a much greater work among you, always within the limits that God has set.
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Then we can preach the Good News in other countries beyond you and shall not have to boast about work already done in someone else's field.
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But as the scripture says, "Whoever wants to boast must boast about what the Lord has done."
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For it is when the Lord thinks well of us that we are really approved, and not when we think well of ourselves.
Jeremiah 9:23
The LORD says, "The wise should not boast of their wisdom, nor the strong of their strength, nor the rich of their wealth.
Jeremiah 9:24
If any want to boast, they should boast that they know and understand me, because my love is constant, and I do what is just and right. These are the things that please me. I, the LORD, have spoken."
1 Corinthians 4:10
For Christ's sake we are fools; but you are wise in union with Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! We are despised, but you are honored!
1 Peter 1:24
As the scripture says, "All human beings are like grass, and all their glory is like wild flowers. The grass withers, and the flowers fall,
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2 Corinthians 12:5
So I will boast about this man---but I will not boast about myself, except the things that show how weak I am.
2 Corinthians 12:6
If I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, because I would be telling the truth. But I will not boast, because I do not want any of you to have a higher opinion of me than you have as a result of what you have seen me do and heard me say.
2 Corinthians 12:9
But his answer was: "My grace is all you need, for my power is greatest when you are weak." I am most happy, then, to be proud of my weaknesses, in order to feel the protection of Christ's power over me.
2 Corinthians 12:11
I am acting like a fool---but you have made me do it. You are the ones who ought to show your approval of me. For even if I am nothing, I am in no way inferior to those very special "apostles" of yours.