13Now we will not boast out of measure, but according to the measure of the rule which the God of measure has apportioned to us, to reach to you also.


In Context

10 because his letters, he says, are weighty and strong, but his presence in the body weak, and his speech naught.

11 Let such a one think this, that such as we are in word by letters when absent, such also present in deed.

12 For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves; but these, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are not intelligent.

13 Now we will not boast out of measure, but according to the measure of the rule which the God of measure has apportioned to us, to reach to you also.

14 For we do not, as not reaching to you, overstretch ourselves, (for we have come to you also in the glad tidings of the Christ;)

15 not boasting out of measure in other people's labours, but having hope, your faith increasing, to be enlarged amongst you, according to our rule, yet more abundantly

2 Corinthians 10:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:13But 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:13We, however, will not boast beyond proper limits, but will confine our boasting to the field God has assigned to us, a field that reaches even to you.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:13But 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:13But 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:13But 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:13But 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:13But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:13and 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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:13But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God has distributed to us, a measure to reach even to you.