2 CORINTHIANS 10:17 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.”
'Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.' For it is not the one who commends himself that is approved, but the one who the Lord commends — Paul quotes Jeremiah 9:24 (the *locus classicus* of biblical anti-boasting): *kaúchēsis* must be *en kyriō*, in the Lord, not *en heautō*, in oneself. The *dokimē*, approval, comes from *kyrios*, the Lord, not *préteia*, peer reputation.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 10:17
“Not glorying beyond” our “measure,” that is, “in other men's labors, but having hope that as your faith grows, we shall be magnified in you according to our province unto further abundance, 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.” He sets forth a large accusation of them on these grounds, both that they boasted of things without their measure, and of other men's labors; and that…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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