2 Corinthians 2:17
2:17 For we are not like so many others, hucksters who peddle the word of God for profit,
but we are speaking in Christ before
God as persons of sincerity,
as persons sent from God.
2 Corinthians 5:12
5:12 We are not trying to commend
ourselves to you again, but are giving you an opportunity to be proud of us,
so that you may be able to answer those who take pride
in outward appearance
and not in what is in the heart.
2 Corinthians 10:8
10:8 For if I boast somewhat more about our authority that the Lord gave us
for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed of doing so.
2 Corinthians 10:12
Paul’s Mission
10:12 For we would not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who recommend themselves. But when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are without understanding.
2 Corinthians 12:11
The Signs of an Apostle
12:11 I have become a fool. You yourselves forced me to do it, for I should have been commended by you. For I lack nothing in comparison to those “super-apostles,” even though I am nothing.
2 Corinthians 12:19
12:19 Have you been thinking all this time
that we have been defending ourselves to you? We are speaking in Christ before God, and everything we do, dear friends, is to build you up.
2 Corinthians 12:1
Paul’s Thorn in the Flesh
12:1 It is necessary to go on boasting. Though it is not profitable, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord.
Colossians 3:10
3:10 and have been clothed with the new man
that is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of the one who created it.
Colossians 4:15
4:15 Give my greetings to the brothers and sisters
who are in Laodicea and to Nympha and the church that meets in her
house.
Colossians 1:1
Salutation
1:1 From Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,