2 CORINTHIANS 10:12 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 2
“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.”
We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are not wise — Paul's opponents *synkrisis*, comparison, is *narcissistic*: they *metreō*, measure, themselves *en heautois*, by themselves. This circular self-referentiality is the *antithesis* of apostolic truth, which is measured by Christ's standard, not *idios*, personal, preference.
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