2 Corintios 10:12

12 ¡Ah, no se preocupen! No nos atreveríamos a decir que somos tan maravillosos como esos hombres, que les dicen qué importantes son ellos pero solo se comparan el uno con el otro, empleándose a sí mismos como estándar de medición. ¡Qué ignorantes!

2 Corintios 10:12 Meaning and Commentary

2 Corinthians 10:12

For we dare not make ourselves of the number
Some understand this as spoken ironically, as if the apostle jeeringly should say, he would not pretend to join, or put himself upon a level, who was a poor, little, mean, despicable person, with such great men as the false apostles were, men of such large gifts, and of such great learning and eloquence; though they may be understood without an irony, that the modesty of the apostle and his fellow ministers would not suffer them to mingle with such persons, and act the vainglorious part they did: or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves; they were not so vain and foolish, as to give high encomiums of themselves, therefore would not boast even of the authority they had, and much less say that in letters, which they could not make good in fact:

but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing
themselves among themselves, are not wise,
or "understand not"; how foolish they are, how ridiculous they make themselves; they do not understand what they say, nor whereof they affirm; they do not understand themselves, what they really are; for to form a right judgment of themselves, they should have considered the gifts and abilities, the learning and knowledge of others, and thereby might have taken an estimate of their own; but instead of this, they only consulted themselves, and measured and compared themselves with themselves; which was acting just such a foolish part, as if a dwarf was to measure himself not with any kind of measure, or with another person, but with himself; only surveys himself, and his own dimensions, and fancies himself a giant. Just the reverse is this, to what is said in Philo the Jew ^F15,

``(thn gar ouyeneian thn emautou metrein emayon) , "I have learned to measure the nothingness of myself", and to contemplate thy exceeding great bounties; and moreover, perceive myself to be dust and ashes, or if there is any thing more abject.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 Quis rer. divin. Haeres, p. 485.

2 Corintios 10:12 In-Context

10 Pues algunos dicen: «Las cartas de Pablo son exigentes y fuertes, ¡pero él en persona es débil y sus discursos no valen nada!».

11 Esas personas deberían darse cuenta de que nuestras acciones, cuando lleguemos en persona, serán tan enérgicas como lo que decimos en nuestras cartas, que llegan desde lejos.

12 ¡Ah, no se preocupen! No nos atreveríamos a decir que somos tan maravillosos como esos hombres, que les dicen qué importantes son ellos pero solo se comparan el uno con el otro, empleándose a sí mismos como estándar de medición. ¡Qué ignorantes!

13 Nosotros no nos jactaremos de cosas hechas fuera de nuestro campo de autoridad. Nos jactaremos solo de lo que haya sucedido dentro de los límites del trabajo que Dios nos ha dado, los cuales incluyen nuestro trabajo con ustedes.

14 No traspasamos esos límites cuando afirmamos tener autoridad sobre ustedes, como si nunca hubiéramos ido a visitarlos. Pues fuimos los primeros en viajar hasta Corinto con la Buena Noticia de Cristo.