the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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2 Corinthians 10:14
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For we are not overextending ourselves, as if we did not reach to you, for we were the first to come even as far as you in the gospel of Christ;
For we are not overextending ourselves, as if we did not reach you, (for we were the first to come even as far as you in the gospel of Christ),
We ain't bragging about something we haven't done. We were the first to travel all the way to Corinth and bring y'all the good news.
For we have no need to make ourselves seem more than we are, as if our authority did not come as far as to you: for we came even as far as you with the good news of Christ:
For we do not, as not reaching to you, overstretch ourselves, (for we have come to you also in the glad tidings of the Christ;)
For we are not overextending ourselves, as if we had not reached you, since we have come to you with the gospel of Christ.
For we don't stretch ourselves too much, as though we didn't reach to you. For we came even as far as to you in the gospel of Christ,
For we do not extend ourselves excessively, as not reaching to you; for we are come even to you, in the gospel of Christ:
For there is no undue stretch of authority on our part, as though it did not extend to you. We pressed on even to Corinth, and were the first to proclaim to you the Good News of the Christ.
For we stretch not our selues beyond our measure as though wee reached not vnto you, for wee are come as farre as to you also, in preaching the Gospel of Christ.
For we do not overstretch ourselves as if not reaching to you, for we also came to you in the gospel of Christ,
For we stretche not or selues to farre as though we had not reached vnto you. For euen vnto you haue we come with the Gospell of Christ,
for I do not stretch beyond my limits to take you in; since in preaching the gospel of Christ, we are advanced even to you.
We are not overstepping the limits of our province, as if we did not [legitimately] reach to you, for we were the [very] first to come even as far as you with the good news of Christ.
For we stretch not ourselves overmuch, as though we reached not unto you: for we came even as far as unto you in the gospel of Christ:
For we are not overextending ourselves, as though we did not reach you; we were the first to come all the way to you with the gospel of Christ.
For we stretche uot out oure selves beyode measure as though we had not reached vnto you. For even vnto you have we come with the gospell of Christ
For we do not stretch ourselves too much, as though we did not reach to you: for we came even as far as to you in the gospel of Christ:
For we stretch not ourselves beyond [our measure], as though we reached not to you; for we are come as far as to you also in [preaching] the gospel of Christ:
for not as not reaching to you do we stretch ourselves overmuch, for even unto you did we come in the good news of the Christ,
We are not bragging too much, as we would be if we had not already come to you. But we have come to you with the Good News of Christ.
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.
We are not overstepping our bounds, as if we had not come to you. Indeed, we were the first to reach you with the gospel of Christ.
We are not bragging more than we should. After all, we did bring the message about Christ to you.
We are not overextending our boasting as if we had not reached as far as you; for we did come all the way to you with the Good News of the Messiah.
For we are not overextending ourselves, as though we did not reach you. For we were the first to come all the way to you with the gospel of Christ.
For we stretche not our selues beyonde our measure, as though wee had not attained vnto you: for euen to you also haue we come in preaching the Gospel of Christ,
It is not because we are unable to climb where you are; nor are trying to misrepresent ourselves; for we have climbed where we are through the gospel of Christ:
For we don't stretch ourselves too much, as though we didn't reach to you. For we came even as far as to you in the Good News of Messiah,
For it is not as though we were overstepping our limits when we came to you. We were the first to reach you with the gospel of Christ.1 Corinthians 3:5,10; 4:15; 9:1;">[xr]
14 For it is not as not reaching to you [fn] we extend ourselves; for unto you we come with the gospel of the Meshiha.
For we do not stretch ourselves, as if not reaching to you; for we do reach as far as you in the annunciation of the Messiah.
For we are not overextending ourselves (as though our authority did not extend to you), for it was to you that we came with the gospel of Christ;
We are not reaching beyond these boundaries when we claim authority over you, as if we had never visited you. For we were the first to travel all the way to Corinth with the Good News of Christ.
We did not go farther than we were supposed to go when we came to you. But we did come to you with the Good News of Christ.
For we stretch not ourselves overmuch, as though we reached not unto you: for we came even as far as unto you in the gospel of Christ:
For we were not overstepping our limits when we reached you; we were the first to come all the way to you with the good news of Christ.
For, not as though we were not reaching unto you, are we over-stretching ourselves, for, as far as even you, were we beforehand in the glad-message of the Christ:
For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as if we reached not unto you. For we are come as far as to you in the Gospel of Christ.
For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ:
For we are not overextending ourselves, as if we had not reached you, because we have reached even as far as you with the gospel of Christ,
For we stretch not out our selues beyonde measure, as though we reached not vnto you: For euen to you also haue we come with the Gospell of Christe:
We would be boasting too much only if we had not already come to you. But we have come to you with the Good News about Christ.
For we are not overextending ourselves, as if we did not reach to you, for we were the first to come even as far as you in the gospel of Christ;
And since you are within those limits, we were not going beyond them when we came to you, bringing the Good News about Christ.
For we ouerstretchen not forth vs, as not stretchinge to you. For to you we camen in the gospel of Crist,
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
we stretch not: 2 Corinthians 3:1-3, Romans 15:18, Romans 15:19, 1 Corinthians 2:10, 1 Corinthians 3:5, 1 Corinthians 3:10, 1 Corinthians 4:15, 1 Corinthians 9:1, 1 Corinthians 9:2
the gospel: 2 Corinthians 4:4, Mark 1:1, Acts 20:24, Romans 1:16, Romans 2:16, Romans 16:25, Galatians 1:6-8, Colossians 1:5, 1 Timothy 1:11
Reciprocal: Romans 15:20 - so 1 Corinthians 3:6 - I 2 Corinthians 10:13 - according Colossians 1:6 - is come Colossians 1:28 - Whom
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Also on that day, the Master for the second time will reach out to bring back what's left of his scattered people. He'll bring them back from Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Ethiopia, Elam, Sinar, Hamath, and the ocean islands.
The Message that Jeremiah received for all the Judeans who lived in the land of Egypt, who had their homes in Migdol, Tahpanhes, Noph, and the land of Pathros: "This is what God -of-the-Angel-Armies, the God of Israel, says: ‘You saw with your own eyes the terrible doom that I brought down on Jerusalem and the Judean cities. Look at what's left: ghost towns of rubble and smoking ruins, and all because they took up with evil ways, making me angry by going off to offer sacrifices and worship the latest in gods—no-gods that neither they nor you nor your ancestors knew the first thing about. Morning after morning and long into the night I kept after you, sending you all those prophets, my servants, begging you, "Please, please—don't do this, don't fool around in this loathsome gutter of gods that I hate with a passion." But do you think anyone paid the least bit of attention or repented of evil or quit offering sacrifices to the no-gods? Not one. So I let loose with my anger, a firestorm of wrath in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem, and left them in ruins and wasted. And they're still in ruins and wasted.'
"Do you Israelites think you're any better than the far-off Cushites?" God 's Decree. "Am I not involved with all nations? Didn't I bring Israel up from Egypt, the Philistines from Caphtor, the Arameans from Qir? But you can be sure that I, God , the Master, have my eye on the Kingdom of Sin. I'm going to wipe it off the face of the earth. Still, I won't totally destroy the family of Jacob." God 's Decree.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure,.... They did not go beyond the bounds set them by the purpose and providence of God, by going to Corinth; nor did they boast of things without their measure, when they spoke of their labours, and of the success of their ministrations among them; nor did they assume and arrogate to themselves what did not belong to them, when they claimed an authority over them, and a right of exercising their apostolical office among them:
as though we reached not unto you; by right, or according to the will of God, and the measuring line and bounds he drew and fixed for them:
for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the Gospel of Christ. The case is clear, it is a plain matter of fact, that they were not only come to other places, where they had preached the Gospel, and planted churches, but as far as to Corinth also, where they came "in, by, or with the Gospel of Christ": not their own, or what was of their own invention, but Christ's; of which he is the author, minister, and subject; they did not come without something with them; they came with the good news and glad tidings of salvation by Christ; they came preaching the Gospel, which was owned for the conversion of many souls, and for the raising a very considerable church; all which was a full proof that they were of right, and not by usurpation, come to them; that they had not thrusted themselves in, where they had no business, and consequently still retained a power over them.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure - In coming to preach to you we have not gone beyond the proper limits assigned us. We have not endeavored to enlarge the proper boundaries, to stretch the line which limited us, but have kept honestly within the proper limits.
As though we reached not unto you - That is, as if our boundaries did not extend so far as to comprehend you. We have not overstepped the proper limits, as if Greece was not within the proper sphere of action.
For we are come as far as to you ... - In the regular work of preaching the gospel we have come to you. We have gone from place to place preaching the gospel where we had opportunity; we have omitted no important places, until in the regular discharge of our duties in preaching we have reached you and have preached the gospel to you. We have not omitted other places in order to come to you and enter into the proper field of labor of others, but in the regular work of making the gospel known as far as possible to all people we have come to Corinth. Far as it is, therefore, from the place where we started, we have approached it in a regular manner, and have not gone out of our proper province in doing it.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 14. For we stretch not ourselves beyond — We have not proceeded straight from Macedonia through Thessaly, and across the Adriatic Gulf into Italy, which would have led us beyond you westward; but knowing the mind of our God we left this direct path, and came southward through Greece, down into Achaia, and there we planted the Gospel. The false apostle has therefore got into our province, and entered into our labours, and there boasts as if the conversion of the heathen Achaians had been his own work. As there is an allusion here to the stadium, and to the Olympic games in general, we may consider the apostle as laying to the charge of the disturber at Corinth that he had got his name surreptitiously inserted on the military list; that he was not striving lawfully; had no right to the stadium, and none to the crown. See the observations at the end of 1 Corinthians 9:0; "1 Corinthians 9:27" and the note on ver. 13 of this chapter; "2 Corinthians 10:13"
