2 Corinthians 11:18

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Since many are boasting according to human standards, I too will boast.

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  • Jer 9:23-24 : 23 The LORD says,“Wise people should not boast that they are wise. Powerful people should not boast that they are powerful. Rich people should not boast that they are rich. 24 If people want to boast, they should boast about this: They should boast that they understand and know me. They should boast that they know and understand that I, the LORD, act out of faithfulness, fairness, and justice in the earth and that I desire people to do these things,” says the LORD.
  • 1 Cor 4:10 : 10 We are fools for Christ, but you are wise in Christ! We are weak, but you are strong! You are distinguished, we are dishonored!
  • 2 Cor 10:12-18 : 12 Paul’s Mission For we would not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who recommend themselves. But when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are without understanding. 13 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. 14 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. 15 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, 16 so that we may preach the gospel in the regions that lie beyond you, and not boast of work already done in another person’s area. 17 But the one who boasts must boast in the Lord. 18 For it is not the person who commends himself who is approved, but the person the Lord commends.
  • 2 Cor 11:12 : 12 And what I am doing I will continue to do, so that I may eliminate any opportunity for those who want a chance to be regarded as our equals in the things they boast about.
  • 2 Cor 11:21-23 : 21 (To my disgrace I must say that we were too weak for that!) But whatever anyone else dares to boast about(I am speaking foolishly), I also dare to boast about the same thing. 22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I. 23 Are they servants of Christ?(I am talking like I am out of my mind!) I am even more so: with much greater labors, with far more imprisonments, with more severe beatings, facing death many times.
  • 2 Cor 12:5-6 : 5 On behalf of such an individual I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except about my weaknesses. 6 For even if I wish to boast, I will not be a fool, for I would be telling the truth, but I refrain from this so that no one may regard me beyond what he sees in me or what he hears from me,
  • 2 Cor 12:9 : 9 But he said to me,“My grace is enough for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” So then, I will boast most gladly about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may reside in me.
  • 2 Cor 12:11 : 11 The Signs of an Apostle I have become a fool. You yourselves forced me to do it, for I should have been commended by you. For I lack nothing in comparison to those“super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
  • Phil 3:3-4 : 3 For we are the circumcision, the ones who worship by the Spirit of God, exult in Christ Jesus, and do not rely on human credentials 4 – though mine too are significant. If someone thinks he has good reasons to put confidence in human credentials, I have more:
  • 1 Pet 1:24 : 24 For all flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of the grass; the grass withers and the flower falls off,

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  • 2 Cor 11:16-17
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    16 Paul’s Sufferings for Christ I say again, let no one think that I am a fool. But if you do, then at least accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.

    17 What I am saying with this boastful confidence I do not say the way the Lord would. Instead it is, as it were, foolishness.

  • 2 Cor 11:29-30
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    29 Who is weak, and I am not weak? Who is led into sin, and I do not burn with indignation?

    30 If I must boast, I will boast about the things that show my weakness.

  • 2 Cor 12:5-6
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    5 On behalf of such an individual I will boast, but on my own behalf I will not boast, except about my weaknesses.

    6 For even if I wish to boast, I will not be a fool, for I would be telling the truth, but I refrain from this so that no one may regard me beyond what he sees in me or what he hears from me,

  • 2 Cor 10:15-18
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    15 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,

    16 so that we may preach the gospel in the regions that lie beyond you, and not boast of work already done in another person’s area.

    17 But the one who boasts must boast in the Lord.

    18 For it is not the person who commends himself who is approved, but the person the Lord commends.

  • 1 Cor 1:31
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    31 so that, as it is written,“Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

  • Rom 15:17-18
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    17 So I boast in Christ Jesus about the things that pertain to God.

    18 For I will not dare to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in order to bring about the obedience of the Gentiles, by word and deed,

  • 2 Cor 11:21-22
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    21 (To my disgrace I must say that we were too weak for that!) But whatever anyone else dares to boast about(I am speaking foolishly), I also dare to boast about the same thing.

    22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.

  • 2 Cor 11:10-12
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    10 As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be stopped in the regions of Achaia.

    11 Why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do!

    12 And what I am doing I will continue to do, so that I may eliminate any opportunity for those who want a chance to be regarded as our equals in the things they boast about.

  • 2 Cor 12:10-11
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    10 Therefore I am content with weaknesses, with insults, with troubles, with persecutions and difficulties for the sake of Christ, for whenever I am weak, then I am strong.

    11 The Signs of an Apostle I have become a fool. You yourselves forced me to do it, for I should have been commended by you. For I lack nothing in comparison to those“super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.

  • Phil 3:4
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    4 – though mine too are significant. If someone thinks he has good reasons to put confidence in human credentials, I have more:

  • 2 Cor 12:1
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    1 Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh It is necessary to go on boasting. Though it is not profitable, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.

  • 2 Cor 10:7-8
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    7 You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should reflect on this again: Just as he himself belongs to Christ, so too do we.

    8 For if I boast somewhat more about our authority that the Lord gave us for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed of doing so.

  • 2 Cor 5:12
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    12 We are not trying to commend ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to be proud of us, so that you may be able to answer those who take pride in outward appearance and not in what is in the heart.

  • 1 Cor 1:29
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    29 so that no one can boast in his presence.

  • 2 Cor 11:5
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    5 For I consider myself not at all inferior to those“super-apostles.”

  • 1 Cor 3:21
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    21 So then, no more boasting about mere mortals! For everything belongs to you,

  • Gal 6:12-14
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    12 Those who want to make a good showing in external matters are trying to force you to be circumcised. They do so only to avoid being persecuted for the cross of Christ.

    13 For those who are circumcised do not obey the law themselves, but they want you to be circumcised so that they can boast about your flesh.

    14 But may I never boast except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.

  • 2 Cor 10:2
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    2 now I ask that when I am present I may not have to be bold with the confidence that(I expect) I will dare to use against some who consider us to be behaving according to human standards.

  • Jas 4:16
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    16 But as it is, you boast about your arrogant plans. All such boasting is evil.

  • Phil 1:17-18
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    17 The former proclaim Christ from selfish ambition, not sincerely, because they think they can cause trouble for me in my imprisonment.

    18 What is the result? Only that in every way, whether in pretense or in truth, Christ is being proclaimed, and in this I rejoice.Yes, and I will continue to rejoice,

  • 1 Cor 9:15
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    15 But I have not used any of these rights. And I am not writing these things so that something will be done for me. In fact, it would be better for me to die than– no one will deprive me of my reason for boasting!

  • 2 Cor 11:19
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    19 For since you are so wise, you put up with fools gladly.

  • 1 Cor 15:11
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    11 Whether then it was I or they, this is the way we preach and this is the way you believed.

  • Rom 11:13
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    13 Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Seeing that I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry,

  • 1 Cor 4:6
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    6 I have applied these things to myself and Apollos because of you, brothers and sisters, so that through us you may learn“not to go beyond what is written,” so that none of you will be puffed up in favor of the one against the other.

  • Gal 1:11
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    11 Paul’s Vindication of His Apostleship Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin.

  • Gal 1:24
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    24 So they glorified God because of me.

  • Phil 2:18
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    18 And in the same way you also should be glad and rejoice together with me.

  • Rom 11:18
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    18 do not boast over the branches. But if you boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you.

  • 2 Cor 7:14
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    14 For if I have boasted to him about anything concerning you, I have not been embarrassed by you, but just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus about you has proved true as well.

  • 1 Cor 11:1
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    1 Be imitators of me, just as I also am of Christ.

  • 1 Cor 4:18
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    18 Some have become arrogant, as if I were not coming to you.

  • 2 Cor 10:12-13
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    12 Paul’s Mission For we would not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who recommend themselves. But when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are without understanding.

    13 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.

  • Phil 1:30
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    30 since you are encountering the same conflict that you saw me face and now hear that I am facing.

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