6 Bible Verses about Commending Oneself
Most Relevant Verses
For it is not the man who commends himself that stands the test, but the man who is commended by the Lord.
We are not "commending ourselves" again to you, but rather are giving you cause for pride in us, so that you may have an answer ready for those who pride themselves on appearances and not on character.
We have not indeed the audacity to class or compare ourselves with some of those who indulge in self-commendation! But, when such persons measure themselves by themselves, and compare themselves with themselves, they show a want of wisdom.
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or are we like some who need letters of commendation to you, or from you?
No, we are trying to commend ourselves under all circumstances, as God's ministers should--in many an hour of endurance, in troubles, in hardships, in difficulties,
No, we have renounced the secrecy prompted by shame, refusing to adopt crafty ways, or to tamper with God's Message, and commending ourselves to every man's conscience, in the sight of God, by our exhibition of the Truth.
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- Commending (5 instances)
- Oneself (12 instances)