2 Corinthians 3:1
Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or are we like some who need letters of commendation to you, or from you?
Acts 18:27
When he wanted to cross to Greece, the Brethren furthered his plans, and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. On his arrival he proved of great assistance to those who had, through the loving-kindness of God, become believers in Christ,
2 Corinthians 5:12
We are not "commending ourselves" again to you, but rather are giving you cause for pride in us, so that you may have an answer ready for those who pride themselves on appearances and not on character.
2 Corinthians 12:11
I have been "playing the fool!" It is you who drove me to it. For it is you who ought to have been commending me! Although I am nobody, in no respect did I prove inferior to the most eminent Apostles.
1 Corinthians 16:3
On my arrival, I will send any persons, whom you may authorize by letter, to carry your gift to Jerusalem;
2 Corinthians 10:12
We have not indeed the audacity to class or compare ourselves with some of those who indulge in self-commendation! But, when such persons measure themselves by themselves, and compare themselves with themselves, they show a want of wisdom.
1 Corinthians 3:10
In fulfillment of the charge which God had entrusted to me, I laid the foundation like a skillful master-builder; but another man is now building upon it. Let every one take care how he builds;
1 Corinthians 4:15
Though you may have thousands of instructors in the Faith of Christ, yet you have not many fathers. It was I who, through union with Christ Jesus, became your father by means of the Good News.
1 Corinthians 10:33
For I, also, try to please everybody in everything, not seeking my own advantage, but that of men in general, that they may be saved.
2 Corinthians 2:17
Unlike many people, we are not in the habit of making profit out of God's Message; but in all sincerity, and bearing God's commission, we speak before him in union with Christ.
2 Corinthians 10:8
Even if I boast extravagantly about our authority--which the Lord gave us for building up your faith and not for overthrowing it--still I have no reason to be ashamed.
2 Corinthians 12:19
Have you all this time been fancying that it is to you that we are making our defense? No, it is in the sight of God, and in union with Christ, that we are speaking. And all this, dear friends, is to build up your characters;