2 Corinthians 10:18

WEB

¹⁸For it isn’t he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.

KJV

¹⁸For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.

BSB

¹⁸^[+] For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.

FBV

¹⁸^[+] It's not those who praise themselves that are respected, but those that the Lord praises.

Extra References

Proverbs 21:2

²Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the hearts.

Luke 16:15

¹⁵He said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

⁵Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord comes, who will both bring to light the hidden things of darkness and reveal the counsels of the hearts. Then each man will get his praise from God.

Romans 2:29

²⁹but he is a Jew who is one inwardly, and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, not in the letter; whose praise is not from men, but from God.

2 Corinthians 10:12

¹²For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.

John 12:43

⁴³for they loved men’s praise more than God’s praise.

Luke 18:10-14

¹⁰“Two men went up into the temple to pray; one was a Pharisee, and the other was a tax collector. ¹¹The Pharisee stood and prayed by himself like this: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like the rest of men: extortionists, unrighteous, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. ¹²I fast twice a week. I give tithes of all that I get.’ ¹³But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn’t even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his chest, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ ¹⁴I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Proverbs 27:2

²Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips.

John 5:42-44

⁴²But I know you, that you don’t have God’s love in yourselves. ⁴³I have come in my Father’s name, and you don’t receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him. ⁴⁴How can you believe, who receive glory from one another, and you don’t seek the glory that comes from the only God?

Romans 14:18

¹⁸For he who serves Christ in these things is acceptable to God and approved by men.