2 Corinthians 10:16 BSB

2 Corinthians 10:16

so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. Then we will not be boasting in the work already done in another man’s territory.

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ASV

so as to preach the gospel even unto the parts beyond you, and not to glory in another’s province in regard of things ready to our hand.

KJV

To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man’s line of things made ready to our hand.

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Commentary

3 voices

Clement of Alexandria

The Stromata Book 6 (215)

The primacy of knowledge the apostle shows to those capable of reflection, in writing to those Greeks of Corinth, in the following terms: "But having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be magnified in you according to our rule abundantly, to preach the Gospel beyond you." He does not mean the extension of his preaching locally: for he says also that in Achaia faith abounded; and it is related also in the Acts of the Apostles that he preached the word in Athens.

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The Medieval Church1 voice

Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on 2 Corinthians (1274)

Secondly, we hope to be magnified in the conversion of others by you; therefore he says, abundantly, i.e., in the abundance of preaching not only among you but even in lands beyond you; and this according to our rule, i.e., according as Christ has enjoined …

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

To preach the Gospel in the regions beyond you - He probably refers to those parts of the Morea, such as Sparta, etc., that lay southward of them; and to Italy, which lay on the west; for it does not appear that he considered his measure or province to extend to Libya, or any part of Africa. See the Introduction, Section 12. Not to boast in another man’s line - So very scrupulous was the apostle not to build on another man’s foundation, that he would not even go to those places where other apostles were labouring.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εἰς	eis	so as	G1519 →
τὰ	ta	that	G3588 →
ὑπερέκεινα	huperekeina	beyond	G5238 →
ὑμῶν	humōn	you	G4771 →
εὐαγγελίσασθαι,	euangelisasthai	to evangelise,	G2097 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
ἀλλοτρίῳ	allotriō	another’s	G245 →
κανόνι	kanoni	area	G2583 →
εἰς	eis	in	G1519 →
τὰ	ta	<the> [things]	G3588 →
ἕτοιμα	hetoima	ready	G2092 →
καυχήσασθαι.	kauchēsasthai	to boast.	G2744 →

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Acts 19:21
After these things had happened, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem after he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia. “After I have been there,” he said, “I must see Rome as…
leads to
- Acts 20:22
  And now, compelled by the Spirit, I am going to Jerusalem, not knowing what will happen to me there.
- Acts 20:16
  Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus to avoid spending time in the province of Asia, because he was in a hurry to reach Jerusalem, if possible, by the day of Pentecost.
- Acts 23:11
  The following night the Lord stood near Paul and said, “Take courage! As you have testified about Me in Jerusalem, so also you must testify in Rome.”
- Acts 18:21
  But as he left, he said, “I will come back to you if God is willing.” And he set sail from Ephesus.
- Galatians 2:1
  Fourteen years later I went up again to Jerusalem, accompanied by Barnabas. I took Titus along also.

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