2 Corinthians 10:12

I do not indeed venture to class or compare myself with certain individuals who approve of themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with one another, they do not show good sense.

2 Corinthians 3:1

Am I falling into self-recommendation again? Do I, like some people, need letters of recommendation to you or from you?

Luke 18:11

The Pharisee stood up and uttered this prayer to himself: 'O God, I thank you that I am not like other men, greedy, dishonest, or adulterous, like that tax-collector.

Romans 15:18

For I will venture to speak only of what Christ has accomplished through me in winning the heathen to obedience, by word and action,

2 Corinthians 5:12

I am not trying to recommend myself to you again. I am giving you cause to be proud of me, to use in answering men who pride themselves on external advantages and not on sincerity of heart.

2 Corinthians 10:18

For it is not the man who approves of himself who is really approved; it is the man of whom the Lord approves.

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2 Corinthians 10:12

For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.

We dare not

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We dare not

Am I falling into self-recommendation again? Do I, like some people, need letters of recommendation to you or from you?

I am not trying to recommend myself to you again. I am giving you cause to be proud of me, to use in answering men who pride themselves on external advantages and not on sincerity of heart.

The Pharisee stood up and uttered this prayer to himself: 'O God, I thank you that I am not like other men, greedy, dishonest, or adulterous, like that tax-collector.

For I will venture to speak only of what Christ has accomplished through me in winning the heathen to obedience, by word and action,