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New International Version
We, however, will not boast beyond proper limits, but will confine our boasting to the sphere of service God himself has assigned to us, a sphere that also includes you.

New Living Translation
We will not boast about things done outside our area of authority. We will boast only about what has happened within the boundaries of the work God has given us, which includes our working with you.

English Standard Version
But we will not boast beyond limits, but will boast only with regard to the area of influence God assigned to us, to reach even to you.

Berean Standard Bible
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.

Berean Literal Bible
But we will not boast into the things beyond measure, but according to the measure of the area that God has assigned to us, a measure to reach also as far as you.

King James Bible
But we will not boast of things withoutour measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you.

New King James Version
We, however, will not boast beyond measure, but within the limits of the sphere which God appointed us—a sphere which especially includes you.

New American Standard Bible
But we will not boast beyondour measure, but within the measure of the domain which God assigned to us as a measure, to reach even as far as you.

NASB 1995
But we will not boast beyond our measure, but within the measure of the sphere which God apportioned to us as a measure, to reach even as far as you.

NASB 1977
But we will not boast beyondour measure, but within the measure of the sphere which God apportioned to us as a measure, to reach even as far as you.

Legacy Standard Bible
But we will not boast beyondour measure, but within the measure of the area of influence which God apportioned to us as a measure, to reach even as far as you.

Amplified Bible
We, on the other hand, will not boast beyond our proper limit, but [will keep] within the limits of our commission (territory, authority) which God has granted to us as a measure, which reachesand includes even you.

Christian Standard Bible
We, however, will not boast beyond measure but according to the measure of the area of ministry that God has assigned to us, which reaches even to you.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
We, however, will not boast beyond measure but according to the measure of the area of ministry that God has assigned to us, which reaches even to you.

American Standard Version
But 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.

Contemporary English Version
We won't brag about something we don't have a right to brag about. We will only brag about the work God has sent us to do, and you are part of that work.

English Revised Version
But 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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
How can we brag about things that no one can evaluate? Instead, we will only brag about what God has given us to do-coming to [the city of Corinth] where you live.

Good News Translation
As for us, however, our boasting will not go beyond certain limits; it will stay within the limits of the work which God has set for us, and this includes our work among you.

International Standard Version
We will not boast about what cannot be evaluated. Instead, we will stay within the field that God assigned us, so as to reach even you.

NET Bible
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.

New Heart English Bible
But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.

Webster's Bible Translation
But 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 to you.

Weymouth New Testament
We, however, will not exceed due limits in our boasting, but will keep within the limits of the sphere which God has assigned to us as a limit, which reaches even to you.Majority Standard Bible
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.

World English Bible
But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.Literal Standard Version
and we will not boast ourselves in regard to the unmeasured things, but after the measure of the line that the God of measure appointed to us—to reach even to you;

Berean Literal Bible
But we will not boast into the things beyond measure, but according to the measure of the area that God has assigned to us, a measure to reach also as far as you.

Young's Literal Translation
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;

Smith's Literal Translation
And we boast not of things immeasurable, but according to the measure of the rule which the God of measure divided to us, to reach even also to you.Douay-Rheims Bible
But we will not glory beyond our measure; but according to the measure of the rule, which God hath measured to us, a measure to reach even unto you.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Thus, we will not glory beyond our measure, but rather according to the measure of the limit which God has measured out to us, a measure which extends even to you.

New American Bible
But we will not boast beyond measure but will keep to the limits God has apportioned us, namely, to reach even to you.

New Revised Standard Version
We, however, will not boast beyond limits, but will keep within the field that God has assigned to us, to reach out even as far as you.Lamsa Bible
We do not boast beyond our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God has distributed to us, a measure to reach even to you.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
But we do not boast beyond our size, but by the measure of the limits that God has distributed to us, to reach also as far as to you.Anderson New Testament
But we will not boast ourselves with respect to regions not measured to us; but according to the measure of the line which God, who measures, has appointed for us to reach even to you.

Godbey New Testament
But we will not boast in things without measure, but according to the measure of the rule which measure God has measured to us, to reach even unto you.

Haweis New Testament
But we will not glory in things beyond our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath marked out for us—a measure that hath reached even unto you.

Mace New Testament
I will not boast of any thing done without my province, but confine myself within that line by which God has mark'd out my bounds, and in which you are included.

Weymouth New Testament
We, however, will not exceed due limits in our boasting, but will keep within the limits of the sphere which God has assigned to us as a limit, which reaches even to you.

Worrell New Testament
But we will not glory beyond our measure, but according to the measure of the limit which God apportioned to us as a measure, to reach even to you.

Worsley New Testament
But we will not glory of things beyondour bounds, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath given to us, a measure to come even unto you.

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Cross References

Romans 12:3
For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.

Galatians 2:7-9
On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted to preach the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised. / For the One who was at work in Peter’s apostleship to the circumcised was also at work in my apostleship to the Gentiles. / And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.

1 Corinthians 3:5-9
What then is Apollos? And what is Paul? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each his role. / I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow. / So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. ...

Ephesians 4:7
Now to each one of us grace has been given according to the measure of the gift of Christ.

Acts 13:46-47
Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles. / For this is what the Lord has commanded us: ‘I have made you a light for the Gentiles, to bring salvation to the ends of the earth.’”

1 Corinthians 9:16-18
Yet when I preach the gospel, I have no reason to boast, because I am obligated to preach. Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel! / If my preaching is voluntary, I have a reward. But if it is not voluntary, I am still entrusted with a responsibility. / What then is my reward? That in preaching the gospel I may offer it free of charge, and so not use up my rights in preaching it.

1 Corinthians 4:15
Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.

1 Corinthians 15:10
But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace to me was not in vain. No, I worked harder than all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.

Philippians 3:16
Nevertheless, we must live up to what we have already attained.

1 Peter 4:10-11
As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another. / If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

Matthew 25:14-30
For it is just like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted them with his possessions. / To one he gave five talents, to another two talents, and to another one talent—each according to his own ability. And he went on his journey. / The servant who had received the five talents went at once and put them to work and gained five more. ...

Acts 20:24
But I consider my life of no value to me, if only I may finish my course and complete the ministry I have received from the Lord Jesus—the ministry of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.

Romans 15:18-20
I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed, / by the power of signs and wonders, and by the power of the Spirit of God. So from Jerusalem all the way around to Illyricum, I have fully proclaimed the gospel of Christ. / In this way I have aspired to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else’s foundation.

1 Corinthians 12:4-11
There are different gifts, but the same Spirit. / There are different ministries, but the same Lord. / There are different ways of working, but the same God works all things in all people. ...

1 Timothy 1:12-14
I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, that He considered me faithful and appointed me to service. / I was formerly a blasphemer, a persecutor, and a violent man; yet because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief, I was shown mercy. / And the grace of our Lord overflowed to me, along with the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

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