11 Let such a person consider this: What we are in our letters, when we are absent, we will also be in our actions when we are present.

12 For we don’t dare classify or compare ourselves with some who commend(A) themselves. But in measuring themselves by themselves and comparing themselves to themselves,(B) they lack understanding.(C) 13 We, however, will not boast beyond measure but according to the measure of the area of ministry that God has assigned(D) to us, which reaches even to you.

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