16so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. For we do not want to boast about work already done in another man's territory.


In Context

13 We, 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.

14 We are not going too far in our boasting, as would be the case if we had not come to you, for we did get as far as you with the gospel of Christ.

15 Neither do we go beyond our limits by boasting of work done by others. Our hope is that, as your faith continues to grow, our area of activity among you will greatly expand,

16 so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. For we do not want to boast about work already done in another man's territory.

17 But, "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord."

18 For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.

2nd Corinthians 10:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:16To preach the gospel in the [regions] beyond you, [and] not to boast in another man’s line of things made ready to our hand.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:16Yea, unto those places that are beyond you, to preach the gospel, not to glory in another man's rule, in those things that are made ready to our hand.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:16so 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:16to announce the glad tidings to that which is beyond you, not to be boasting in another's rule of things made ready to hand.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:16so 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:16To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:16so as to preach the Good News even to the parts beyond you, not to boast in what someone else has already done.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:16in the places beyond you to proclaim good news, not in another's line in regard to the things made ready, to boast;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:16To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand.