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Not that we venture to class or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another, and compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding.
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For they say, "His letters are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account."
11
Let such people understand that what we say by letter when absent, we do when present.
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Not that we venture to class or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another, and compare themselves with one another, they are without understanding.
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But we will not boast beyond limit, but will keep to the limits God has apportioned us, to reach even to you.
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For we are not overextending ourselves, as though we did not reach you; we were the first to come all the way to you with the gospel of Christ.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.