Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
We will not boast about what cannot be evaluated. Instead, we will stay within the field that God assigned us, so as to reach even you.
New American Standard Bible
But we will not boast
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
We, however, will not boast beyond measure but according to the measure of the area of ministry that God has assigned
A Conservative Version
But we will not boast in things immeasurable, but according to the measure of the standard that God apportioned to us, of a measure to reach even as far as you.
American Standard Version
But we will not glory beyond our measure, but according to the measure of the province which God apportioned to us as a measure, to reach even unto you.
Amplified
We, on the other hand, will not boast beyond our proper limit, but [will keep] within the
An Understandable Version
But we will not boast beyond our proper boundaries [Note: This may mean that Paul was not attempting to exercise apostolic authority outside the parameters assigned to him by God], but will restrict our boasting to the area assigned to us by God as a field of service, which includes you people [there in Corinth].
Anderson New Testament
But we will not boast ourselves with respect to regions not measured to us; but according to the measure of the line which God, who measures, has appointed for us to reach even to you.
Bible in Basic English
We will not give glory to ourselves in over-great measure, but after the measure of the rule which God has given us, a measure which comes even to you.
Common New Testament
But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but will confine our boasting to the field God has apportioned to us, a field that reaches even to you.
Daniel Mace New Testament
I will not boast of any thing done without my province, but confine myself within that line by which God has mark'd out my bounds, and in which you are included.
Darby Translation
Now we will not boast out of measure, but according to the measure of the rule which the God of measure has apportioned to us, to reach to you also.
Godbey New Testament
But we will not boast in things without measure, but according to the measure of the rule which measure God has measured to us, to reach even unto you.
Goodspeed New Testament
But my boasting will not be extravagant, nor exceed the limits God has allowed me, which reach all the way to you.
John Wesley New Testament
But we will not boastingly extend ourselves beyond our measure; but according to the measure of the providence, which God hath allotted us, a measure to reach even unto you.
Julia Smith Translation
And we boast not of things immeasurable, but according to the measure of the rule which the God of measure divided to us, to reach even also to you.
King James 2000
But we will not boast of things beyond our measure, but according to the measure of the field which God has distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But we will not boast {beyond limits}, but according to the measure of the assignment that God has assigned to us as a measure to reach even as far as you.
Modern King James verseion
But we will not boast beyond measure, but according to the measure of the rule which the God of measure distributed to us, to reach even to you.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But we will not rejoice above measure: but according to the quantity of the measure which God hath distributed unto us, a measure that reacheth even unto you.
Moffatt New Testament
and so my boasting never goes beyond the limit ??it is determined by the limits of the sphere marked out for me by God. That sphere stretches to include yourselves;
Montgomery New Testament
I, however, will not indulge in undue boasting, but will confine it within the limits of the sphere to which God has assigned me?? sphere which reaches even to you.
NET Bible
But we will not boast beyond certain limits, but will confine our boasting according to the limits of the work to which God has appointed us, that reaches even as far as you.
New Heart English Bible
But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.
Noyes New Testament
But we will not boast of things that are without our measure, but according to the measure of the line which God allotted us,a measure to reach even to you.
Sawyer New Testament
But we will not boast of things not measured, but according to the measure of the rule which God has given us, to come even to you.
The Emphasized Bible
We, however, not as to the things without measure, will boast ourselves, but, according to the measure of the limit which God apportioned unto us, as a measure - to reach as far as even you!
Thomas Haweis New Testament
But we will not glory in things beyond our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath marked out for us?? measure that hath reached even unto you.
Twentieth Century New Testament
We, however, will not give way to unlimited boasting, but will confine ourselves to the limits of the sphere to which God limited us, when he permitted us to come as far as Corinth.
Webster
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 to you.
Weymouth New Testament
We, however, will not exceed due limits in our boasting, but will keep within the limits of the sphere which God has assigned to us as a limit, which reaches even to you.
Williams New Testament
But I shall never go too far in my boasting; no, I shall stay within the limits of the sphere which God apportioned me, so as to reach even you.
World English Bible
But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.
Worrell New Testament
But we will not glory beyond our measure, but according to the measure of the limit which God apportioned to us as a measure, to reach even to you.
Worsley New Testament
But we will not glory of things beyond our bounds, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath given to us, a measure to come even unto you.
Youngs Literal Translation
and we in regard to the unmeasured things will not boast ourselves, but after the measure of the line that the God of measure did appoint to us -- to reach even unto you;
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Word Count of 37 Translations in 2 Corinthians 10:13
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Context Readings
Paul's Ministry Defended
12 We would not dare put ourselves in the same class with, or compare ourselves to, those who recommend themselves. Whenever they measure themselves by their own standards or compare themselves among themselves, they show how foolish they are. 13 We will not boast about what cannot be evaluated. Instead, we will stay within the field that God assigned us, so as to reach even you. 14 For it is not as though we were overstepping our limits when we came to you. We were the first to reach you with the gospel of the Messiah.
Cross References
Romans 15:20
My one ambition is to proclaim the gospel where the name of the Messiah is not known, so I don't build on someone else's foundation.
Psalm 19:4
yet their message goes out into all the world, and their words to the ends of the earth. He has set up a tent for the sun in the heavens,
Proverbs 25:14
Like clouds and winds without rain is the man who brags about gifts he never gave.
Isaiah 28:17
And I will make justice the measuring line, and righteousness the plumb line; hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and floods will overflow your hiding place.
Matthew 25:15
To one man he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one, based on their ability. Then he went on his trip.
Romans 10:18
But I ask, "Didn't they hear?" Certainly they did! In fact, "Their voice has gone out into the whole world, and their words to the ends of the earth."
Romans 12:3
For by the grace given to me I ask every one of you not to think of yourself more highly than you should think, rather to think of yourself with sober judgment on the measure of faith that God has assigned each of you.
Romans 12:6
We have different gifts based on the grace that was given to us. So if your gift is prophecy, use your gift in proportion to your faith.
1 Corinthians 12:11
But one and the same Spirit produces all these results and gives what he wants to each person.
2 Corinthians 10:14-15
For it is not as though we were overstepping our limits when we came to you. We were the first to reach you with the gospel of the Messiah.
Ephesians 4:7
Now to each one of us grace has been given proportionate to the measure of the Messiah's gift.
1 Peter 4:10
As good servant managers of God's grace in its various forms, serve one another with the gift each of you has received.