2 Corinthians 10:16
New International Version
so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. For we do not want to boast about work already done in someone else’s territory.

New Living Translation
Then we will be able to go and preach the Good News in other places far beyond you, where no one else is working. Then there will be no question of our boasting about work done in someone else’s territory.

English Standard Version
so that we may preach the gospel in lands beyond you, without boasting of work already done in another’s area of influence.

Berean Standard Bible
so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. Then we will not be boasting in the work already done in another man’s territory.

Berean Literal Bible
so as to preach the gospel beyond you, not to boast in things already in another's area.

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

New King James Version
to preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man’s sphere of accomplishment.

New American Standard Bible
so as to preach the gospel even to the regions beyond you, and not to boast in what has been accomplished in the domain of another.

NASB 1995
so as to preach the gospel even to the regions beyond you, and not to boast in what has been accomplished in the sphere of another.

NASB 1977
so as to preach the gospel even to the regions beyond you, and not to boast in what has been accomplished in the sphere of another.

Legacy Standard Bible
so as to proclaim the gospel even to the regions beyond you, and not to boast in what has been accomplished in the area of influence of another.

Amplified Bible
so that we may preach the gospel even in the lands beyond you, but not to boast in work already accomplished in another one’s field of activity.

Christian Standard Bible
so that we may preach the gospel to the regions beyond you without boasting about what has already been done in someone else’s area of ministry.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
so that we may proclaim the good news to the regions beyond you, not boasting about what has already been done in someone else’s area of ministry.

American Standard Version
so 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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
We shall boast also to preach The Gospel beyond you, not by measure of others whom we have already won.

Contemporary English Version
Then we will be able to preach the good news in other lands where we cannot take credit for work someone else has already done.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Yea, 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.

English Revised Version
so 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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
spreading the Good News in the regions far beyond you. We won't brag about things already accomplished by someone else.

Good News Translation
Then we can preach the Good News in other countries beyond you and shall not have to boast about work already done in someone else's field.

International Standard Version
Then we can preach the gospel in the regions far beyond you without boasting about things already accomplished by someone else.

Literal Standard Version
to proclaim good news in the [places] beyond you, not in another’s line in regard to the things made ready, to boast;

Majority Standard Bible
so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. Then we will not be boasting in the work already done in another man’s territory.

New American Bible
so that we may preach the gospel even beyond you, not boasting of work already done in another’s sphere.

NET Bible
so that we may preach the gospel in the regions that lie beyond you, and not boast of work already done in another person's area.

New Revised Standard Version
so that we may proclaim the good news in lands beyond you, without boasting of work already done in someone else’s sphere of action.

New Heart English Bible
so as to proclaim the Good News even to the regions beyond you, not to boast in what someone else has already done.

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

Weymouth New Testament
and shall tell the Good News in the districts beyond you, not boasting in another man's sphere about work already done by him.

World English Bible
so as to preach the Good News even to the parts beyond you, not to boast in what someone else has already done.

Young's Literal Translation
in the places beyond you to proclaim good news, not in another's line in regard to the things made ready, to boast;

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Context
Paul's Apostolic Authority
15Neither do we boast beyond our limits in the labors of others. But we hope that as your faith increases, our area of influence among you will greatly increase as well, 16so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. Then we will not be boasting in the work already done in another man’s territory. 17Rather, “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”…

Cross References
Acts 19:21
After these things had happened, Paul resolved in the Spirit to go to Jerusalem after he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia. "After I have been there," he said, "I must see Rome as well."

Romans 15:20
In this way I have aspired to preach the gospel where Christ was not known, so that I would not be building on someone else's foundation.

2 Corinthians 11:7
Was it a sin for me to humble myself in order to exalt you, because I preached the gospel of God to you free of charge?


Treasury of Scripture

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

preach.

Romans 15:24-28
Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you: for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your company

line.

2 Corinthians 10:13
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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2 Corinthians 10
1. Against the false apostles, who disgraced the weakness of his person and bodily presence,
4. he shows the spiritual might and authority with which he was armed against all adverse powers;
7. assuring those who at his coming he will be found as mighty in word as he is now in writing;
12. and encouraging them to reach out themselves beyond their compass.














(16) To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you.--It is clear, from Romans 15:19-24, that he is thinking (1) of Western Greece, (2) of Rome, (3, and chiefly) of Spain. There, apparently, he could hope to preach the gospel without even the risk of its being said that he was building on another man's foundation.

And not to boast in another man's line . . .--The words, like those of 2Corinthians 10:15, are at once an answer to a charge and a tu quoque retort. "Spain! Illyricum!" he seems to say within himself. "Will you say that I am transgressing boundaries and working on another man's lines there? Can you say that you are free from that charge in your work at Corinth?"

Verse 16. - In the regions beyond you. Even to Rome and Spain (Romans 15:19, 24, 28).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
so that
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

we can preach the gospel
εὐαγγελίσασθαι (euangelisasthai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Middle
Strong's 2097: From eu and aggelos; to announce good news especially the gospel.

[in the regions]
τὰ (ta)
Article - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

beyond
ὑπερέκεινα (hyperekeina)
Preposition
Strong's 5238: Beyond. From huper and the neuter plural of ekeinos; above those parts, i.e. Still farther.

you.
ὑμῶν (hymōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural
Strong's 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

[Then] we will not be boasting
καυχήσασθαι (kauchēsasthai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Middle
Strong's 2744: To boast; I glory (exult) proudly. From some base akin to that of aucheo and euchomai; to vaunt.

in
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

the [work]
τὰ (ta)
Article - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

already done
ἕτοιμα (hetoima)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 2092: Ready, prepared. From an old noun heteos; adjusted, i.e. Ready.

in
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

another man’s
ἀλλοτρίῳ (allotriō)
Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 245: From allos; another's, i.e. Not one's own; by extension foreign, not akin, hostile.

territory.
κανόνι (kanoni)
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2583: From kane; a rule, i.e. a standard; by implication, a boundary, i.e. a sphere.


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