2 Corinzi 10:14

14 Poiché non ci estendiamo oltre il dovuto, quasi che non fossimo giunti fino a voi; perché fino a voi siamo realmente giunti col Vangelo di Cristo.

2 Corinzi 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 Corinzi 10:14 In-Context

12 Poiché noi non osiamo annoverarci o paragonarci con certuni che si raccomandano da sé; i quali però, misurandosi alla propria stregua e paragonando sé con se stessi, sono senza giudizio.

13 Noi, invece, non ci glorieremo oltre misura, ma entro la misura del campo di attività di cui Dio ci ha segnato i limiti, dandoci di giungere anche fino a voi.

14 Poiché non ci estendiamo oltre il dovuto, quasi che non fossimo giunti fino a voi; perché fino a voi siamo realmente giunti col Vangelo di Cristo.

15 E non ci gloriamo oltre misura di fatiche altrui, ma nutriamo speranza che, crescendo la fede vostra, noi, senza uscire dai nostri limiti, saremo fra voi ampiamente ingranditi

16 in guisa da poter evangelizzare anche i paesi che sono al di là del vostro, e da non gloriarci, entrando nel campo altrui, di cose bell’e preparate.