Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
For not he recommending himself, this is acceptable, but whom the Lord recommends.
New American Standard Bible
For it is not he who
King James Version
For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
Holman Bible
For it is not the one commending himself who is approved, but the one the Lord commends.
International Standard Version
It is not the person who commends himself who is approved, but the person whom the Lord commends.
A Conservative Version
For he who commends himself, that man is not approved, but whom the Lord commends.
American Standard Version
For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
Amplified
For it is not he who commends and praises himself who is approved [by God], but it is the one whom the Lord commends and praises.
An Understandable Version
For it is not the person who commends himself that is approved [by God], but the one whom the Lord commends.
Anderson New Testament
for he that commends himself is not approved; but he whom the Lord commends.
Bible in Basic English
For the Lord's approval of a man is not dependent on his opinion of himself, but on the Lord's opinion of him.
Common New Testament
For it is not he who commends himself that is approved, but he whom the Lord commends.
Daniel Mace New Testament
for not he that commendeth himself, but he whom the Lord commendeth, is the approved.
Darby Translation
For not he that commends himself is approved, but whom the Lord commends.
Godbey New Testament
for he that commends himself is not approved, but whom the Lord commends.
Goodspeed New Testament
For it is not the man who approves of himself who is really approved; it is the man of whom the Lord approves.
John Wesley New Testament
For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
King James 2000
For not he that commends himself is approved, but whom the Lord commends.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For it is not the one commending himself who is approved, but [the one] whom the Lord commends.
Modern King James verseion
For not he who commends himself is approved, but he whom the Lord commends.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For he that praiseth himself, is not allowed: but he whom the Lord praiseth.
Moffatt New Testament
for it is not the self-praiser with his own recommendations who is accepted, it is the man whom the Lord recommends.
Montgomery New Testament
For a man is proved worthy, not by his self-commendation, but when he is commended by the Lord.
NET Bible
For it is not the person who commends himself who is approved, but the person the Lord commends.
New Heart English Bible
For it is not he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.
Noyes New Testament
For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but he whom the Lord commendeth.
Sawyer New Testament
for not he that commends himself is approved, but he whom the Lord commends.
The Emphasized Bible
For, not he that commendeth himself, he, is approved, but he whom, the Lord, doth commend.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
For not he who commendeth himself is approved, but he whom the Lord commendeth.
Twentieth Century New Testament
For it is not the man who commends himself that stands the test, but the man who is commended by the Lord.
Webster
For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
Weymouth New Testament
For it is not the man that commends himself who is really approved, but he whom the Lord commends.
Williams New Testament
For it is not the man who keeps on recommending himself who is really approved, but it is the man whom the Lord recommends.
World English Bible
For it isn't he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.
Worrell New Testament
for not he that commends himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
Worsley New Testament
For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but he whom the Lord commendeth.
Youngs Literal Translation
for not he who is commending himself is approved, but he whom the Lord doth commend.
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 37 Translations in 2 Corinthians 10:18
Verse Info
Context Readings
Paul's Ministry Defended
17 But he boasting, let him boast in the Lord. 18 For not he recommending himself, this is acceptable, but whom the Lord recommends.
Cross References
Romans 2:29
But he in concealment, a Jew; and circumcision of the heart, in spirit, not in letter; whose approbation not of man, but of God.
1 Corinthians 4:5
Therefore judge ye nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who also, will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and make manifest the counsels of hearts: and then shall praise be to each from God.
2 Corinthians 10:12
For we dare not appear or join ourselves to certain of them recommending themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and joining themselves to themselves, do not understand.
Proverbs 21:2
Every way of a man right in his eyes: and Jehovah will prepare hearts.
Proverbs 27:2
A stranger shall praise thee, and not thy mouth; a stranger, and not thy lips.
Matthew 25:20-23
And he having received the five talents, having come near, brought the other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst me five talents: and I have gained other five talents.
Luke 16:15
And he said to them, Ye are they justifying yourselves before men; and God knows your hearts: for the high with men is abomination before God.
Luke 18:10-14
Two men went up to the temple to pray; one a Pharisee, and the other a publican.
John 5:42-44
But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.
John 12:43
For they loved the honour of men more than the honour of God.
Acts 2:22
Men, Israelites, bear these words; Jesus the Nazarite, a man elected by God for you by powers and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, (as also ye yourselves know:)
Romans 14:18
For he in these serving Christ, pleasing to God, and acceptable to men.
Romans 16:10
Embrace Apelles acceptable in Christ. Embrace them of Aristobulus.
1 Corinthians 11:19
For there must be also sects among you, that the tried might be made manifest among you.
2 Corinthians 3:1
Begin we again to recommend ourselves or need we not, as some; recommendatory epistles to you, or recommendatory from you?
2 Corinthians 5:12
For not again do we recommend ourselves to you, but giving you occasion for boasting over us, that ye might have for them boasting in face, and not in heart.
2 Corinthians 6:4
But in every thing recommending ourselves as servants of God, in much patience, in pressures, in necessities, in extremities,
2 Corinthians 13:7
And I pray to God that ye do nothing evil; not that we appear tried, but that ye do good, and we be as untried.
2 Timothy 2:15
Be earnest to present thyself acceptable to God, a worker without shame, dividing rightly the word of truth.
1 Peter 1:7
That the proof of your faith, much more precious than perishing gold, and being tried by fire, might be found to praise and honour and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ: