 | 1848 - 554 էջ
...absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present. 12 For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend...comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise. 13 But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which... | |
 | Saint John Chrysostom - 1848 - 363 էջ
...thing great, we refer all unto God, and compare ourselves with one another. Wherefore also he added, But they measuring themselves by themselves ; and...comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise. Now what he says is this: 'we do not compare ourselves with cap. 12, them, but with one another.' For... | |
 | Ben C. Fisher - 1989 - 184 էջ
...and witnesses today demands nothing less than the highest spiritual and academic goals; otherwise, "they, measuring themselves by themselves and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise" (2 Cor. 10: 12). Underlying all else is the spirit of the institution, says Earl McGrath. "No feature... | |
 | Johanna Manley - 1990 - 1144 էջ
...in deed when we are present. 12 For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with those who wered and said to Him, "Rabbi, You are the Son of...of Israel!" SO Jesus answered and said to him, "Be 13 We, however, will not boast beyond measure, but within the limits of the sphere which God appointed... | |
 | Cindy Schaap - 1992 - 184 էջ
...should not choose her Christian service by comparing herself to other women and their abilities. ". . . but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise." (II Corinthians 10:12) For example, God has given me some ability in the area of teaching. My teaching... | |
 | Martha Finley - 1993 - 362 էջ
...worse books than that on the Sabbath." " But, papa," she replied timidly, " you know the Bible says : ' They measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise ; ' and are we not just to do whatever God commands, without stopping to ask what other people do or... | |
 | Charles Hodge - 1994 - 324 էջ
...his words. His denunciations would not prove idle threats. 1 2. For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend...comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise. In confirmation of his declaration that his acts would be found to correspond with his words, he adds,... | |
 | Sherry Hutson Camperson - 1996 - 162 էջ
...lawfully. All we must do is finish, and we will be Home free. "For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend...comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise."— II Coi. 10:12. What happens to contestants who look back at other runners? They trip; they sometimes... | |
 | Barry R. Harker - 1996 - 222 էջ
...independent of our abilities. That is why the Apostle Paul said, "For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend...and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise."26 A stable sense of self worth is a birthright and those who choose to compete for it are selling... | |
 | Curtis Hutson - 2000 - 264 էջ
...told you how you compare with Himself. He warns you against such wrong evaluation when He says, "... but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise" (II Cor. 10:12). God's inescapable verdict is that you and I and "all have sinned, and come short of... | |
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For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves : but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise. 
