^10:13But we will not boast beyond certain limits,²⁶ but will confine our boasting²⁷ according to the limits of the work to which God has appointed us,²⁸ that reaches even as far as you.

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Footnotes

26 Or “boast excessively.” The phrase εἰς τὰ ἄμετρα (eis ta ametra) is an idiom; literally it means “into that which is not measured,” that is, a point on a scale that goes beyond what might be expected (L&N 78.27).
27 The words “will confine our boasting” are not in the Greek text, but the reference to boasting must be repeated from the previous clause to clarify for the modern reader what is being limited.
28 Grk “according to the measure of the rule which God has apportioned to us as a measure”; for the translation used in the text see L&N 37.100.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

But we will not boast beyond limits, but will boast only with regard to the area of influence God assigned to us, to reach even to you.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

We, however, will not boast beyond proper limits, but will confine our boasting to the sphere of service God himself has assigned to us, a sphere that also includes you.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

We, however, will not boast beyond measure but according to the measure of the area of ministry that God has assigned to us, which reaches even to you.

NLTNew Living Translation

We will not boast about things done outside our area of authority. We will boast only about what has happened within the boundaries of the work God has given us, which includes our working with you.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But we will not boast beyond limits, but according to the measure of the assignment that God has assigned to us as a measure to reach even as far as you.

KJV 1900King James Version

But 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.

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