Study it in the app“not boasting beyond measure in others’ labors, but having hope that as your faith grows, we may be enlarged among you according to our rule to an abundance,”
notοὐκboastingκαυχώμενοιbeyondεἰςmeasureτὰ ἄμετραinἐνothers’ἀλλοτρίοιςlabors,κόποιςbutδὲhavingἔχοντεςhope thatἐλπίδαas your faithτῆς πίστεως ὑμῶνgrows,αὐξανομένηςwe may be enlargedμεγαλυνθῆναιamongἐνyouὑμῖνaccording toκατὰour ruleτὸν κανόνα ἡμῶνtoεἰςan abundance,περισσείαν
boast
Boast, take pride in something; in a good sense, glory or rejoice in it.
Where else “kauchōmenoi” appearsbeyond measure
Beyond measure, beyond the proper limit.
Where else “ametra” appearsanother's
What is someone else's.
Where else “allotriois” appearstoil
Exhausting effort, the weariness of one who works hard.
Where else “kopois” appearshave
To count something or someone as one's own: goods, family, faith, power.
Where else “echontes” appearshope
Hope: confidence in what God will do.
Where else “elpida” appearstrust
Truly trusting in God or in Jesus.
Where else “pisteōs” appearsgrow
To become larger or stronger over time, like a plant or a child.
Where else “auxanomenēs” appearsenlarge
To make something bigger or longer, or make it appear great.
Where else “megalynthēnai” appearsassigned field
The field of work God assigned to someone.
Where else “kanona” appearsabundance
Abundance: what overflows.
Where else “perisseian” appears14For we are not overextending ourselves, as though not reaching to you, for we came first even as far as you with the good news of the Messiah,
15 · This verse (above)
16so as to proclaim the good news in the regions beyond you, not to boast in another’s rule of things already prepared.
