2 CORINTHIANS 10:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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 unto you.”
We, however, will not boast beyond proper limits, but will confine our boasting to the sphere of service God has assigned to us, a sphere that also includes you — Paul's *kanōn*, sphere/standard, is *ordained* (*diatássō*) by God. His *kaúchēsis*, boasting, is measured by *metron*, measure, and *horos*, boundary. The Corinthians are *within* his apostolic *kanōn*; thus his authority is *legitimate*, not *presumptuous*.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 10:13
“But we will not glory beyond our measure:” as they do. For it is probable that in their boasting they said, 'we have converted the world, we have reached unto the ends of the earth,' and vented many other such like big words. 'But not so we,' he says, “But according to the measure of the province which God apportioned to us as a measure, to reach even unto you.” So that his humility is evident on either hand, both in that he boasted nothing more than he had wrought, and…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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