2 Corinthians 10:13

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you.

We will not

2 Corinthians 10:15

Proverbs 25:14

According

1 Peter 4:10

Rule

Psalm 19:4

Isaiah 28:17

Romans 10:18

Bible References

We will not

Nor do we boast beyond certain limits in the work done by others, but we hope that as your faith continues to grow, our work may be greatly expanded among you according to our limits,

Like cloudy skies and wind that produce no rain, so is the one who boasts of a gift not given.

According

For we were not overextending ourselves, as though we did not reach as far as you, because we were the first to reach as far as you with the gospel about Christ.

To one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, each according to his ability. Then he went on his journey.

And we have different gifts according to the grace given to us. If the gift is prophecy, that individual must use it in proportion to his faith.

And in this way I desire to preach where Christ has not been named, so as not to build on another person's foundation,

It is one and the same Spirit, distributing as he decides to each person, who produces all these things.

But to each one of us grace was given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of the varied grace of God.

Rule

Yet its voice echoes throughout the earth; its words carry to the distant horizon. In the sky he has pitched a tent for the sun.

I will make justice the measuring line, fairness the plumb line; hail will sweep away the unreliable refuge, the floodwaters will overwhelm the hiding place.

But I ask, have they not heard? Yes, they have: Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.