1. I exhort you. The speech is abrupt, as is frequently the case with speeches uttered under the influence of strong feeling. The meaning is this: "I beseech you, nay more, I earnestly entreat you by the gentleness of Christ, not to compel me, through your obstinacy, to be more…
KJVBut we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you.
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4 additional translationsBut we will not glory beyond our measure, but according to the measure of the province which God apportioned to us as a measure, to reach even unto you.
We, however, will not boast beyond our limits, but only within the field of influence that God has assigned to us—a field that reaches even to you.
and we in regard to the unmeasured things will not boast ourselves, but after the measure of the line that the God of measure did appoint to us--to reach even unto you;
Now we will not boast out of measure, but according to the measure of the rule which theGod of measure has apportioned to us, to reach to you also.
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About this book
New Testament2 Corinthians — Apostolic writings (New Testament).