Study it in the app“For we do not dare to class or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves; but they, measuring themselves by themselves and comparing themselves with themselves, do not understand.”
Forγὰρwe do notΟὐdareτολμῶμενto classἐγκρῖναιorἢcompareσυγκρῖναιourselvesἑαυτούςwith someτισινof those whoτῶνcommendσυνιστανόντωνthemselves;ἑαυτοὺςbutἀλλὰthey,αὐτοὶmeasuringμετροῦντεςthemselvesἑαυτοὺςbyἐνthemselvesἑαυτοῖςandκαὶcomparingσυγκρίνοντεςthemselvesἑαυτοὺςwith themselves,ἑαυτοῖςdo notοὐunderstand.συνιᾶσιν
dare
Dare.
Where else “tolmōmen” appearsclass with
Class with, count oneself among a group.
Where else “enkrinai” appearscompare
To measure one thing against another.
Where else “synkrinai” appearscommend
To present someone as trustworthy.
Where else “synistanontōn” appearsmeasure
Measure; measure out.
Where else “metrountes” appearsunderstand
Understand, grasp.
Where else “syniasin” appearsSome manuscripts omit “do not understand. But we” (the end of v. 12 and the beginning of v. 13); the apparatus used does not record it.
11Let such a person consider this: that what we are in word through letters when absent, such we are also when present in deed.
12 · This verse (above)
13But we will not boast beyond measure, but according to the measure of the rule that God assigned to us as a measure, to reach even as far as you.
