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16 Then we hope to tell the good news in places far beyond you. We will not be proud of the work given to someone else to do - work that was done before we got there.

17 The holy writings say that the person who is proud should be proud only of the Lord.

18 A man who praises himself is not a man who is good. The man who is really good is the man whom the Lord praises.

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16 so that we can preach the gospel(A) in the regions beyond you.(B) For we do not want to boast about work already done in someone else’s territory. 17 But, “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”[a](C) 18 For it is not the one who commends himself(D) who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 10:17 Jer. 9:24