But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.

now it is God who keeps you fix'd in the doctrine of Christ; who has appointed me,

And all this is from God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Christ, and has appointed us to serve in the ministry of reconciliation.

I am not "boasting beyond measure in the labors of others," but it is my hope that, as your faith goes on increasing among yourselves, by the enlargement of my appointed limits,

but he was also appointed by the churches to be a fellow-traveller with us, with this gift, which is administred by us, to the glory of the Lord himself,