2 Corintios 10:14

14 Si no hubiéramos estado antes entre ustedes, se podría alegar que estamos rebasando estos límites, cuando lo cierto es que fuimos los primeros en llevarles el evangelio de Cristo.

2 Corintios 10:14 Meaning and Commentary

2 Corinthians 10:14

For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure
They did not go beyond the bounds set them by the purpose and providence of God, by going to Corinth; nor did they boast of things without their measure, when they spoke of their labours, and of the success of their ministrations among them; nor did they assume and arrogate to themselves what did not belong to them, when they claimed an authority over them, and a right of exercising their apostolical office among them:

as though we reached not unto you;
by right, or according to the will of God, and the measuring line and bounds he drew and fixed for them:

for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the Gospel of
Christ.
The case is clear, it is a plain matter of fact, that they were not only come to other places, where they had preached the Gospel, and planted churches, but as far as to Corinth also, where they came "in, by, or with the Gospel of Christ": not their own, or what was of their own invention, but Christ's; of which he is the author, minister, and subject; they did not come without something with them; they came with the good news and glad tidings of salvation by Christ; they came preaching the Gospel, which was owned for the conversion of many souls, and for the raising a very considerable church; all which was a full proof that they were of right, and not by usurpation, come to them; that they had not thrusted themselves in, where they had no business, and consequently still retained a power over them.

2 Corintios 10:14 In-Context

12 No nos atrevemos a igualarnos ni a compararnos con algunos que tanto se recomiendan a sí mismos. Al medirse con su propia medida y compararse unos con otros, no saben lo que hacen.

13 Nosotros, por nuestra parte, no vamos a jactarnos más de lo debido. Nos limitaremos al campo que Dios nos ha asignado según su medida, en la cual también ustedes están incluidos.

14 Si no hubiéramos estado antes entre ustedes, se podría alegar que estamos rebasando estos límites, cuando lo cierto es que fuimos los primeros en llevarles el evangelio de Cristo.

15 No nos jactamos desmedidamente a costa del trabajo que otros han hecho. Al contrario, esperamos que, según vaya creciendo la fe de ustedes, también nuestro campo de acción entre ustedes se amplíe grandemente,

16 para poder predicar el evangelio más allá de sus regiones, sin tener que jactarnos del trabajo ya hecho por otros.