2 Corinthians 10:12
I do not venture to class myself or to compare myself with certain exalted individuals! They belong to the class of self-praisers; while I limit myself to my own sphere, I compare myself with my own standard,
2 Corinthians 3:1
Am I beginning again to 'commend' myself? Do I need, like some people, to be commended by written certificates either to you or from you?
Luke 18:11
The Pharisee stood up and prayed by himself as follows; 'I thank thee, O God, I am not like the rest of men, thieves, rogues, and immoral, or even like yon taxgatherer.
Romans 15:18
I will not make free to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished by me in the way of securing the obedience of the Gentiles, by my words and by my deeds,
2 Corinthians 5:12
This is not 'recommending myself to you again'; it is giving you an incentive to be proud of me, which you can use against men who are proud of externals instead of the inward reality.
2 Corinthians 10:18
for it is not the self-praiser with his own recommendations who is accepted, it is the man whom the Lord recommends.