2 Corinthiens 10:14

La Bible David Martin

Car nous ne nous étendons pas nous-mêmes plus qu'il ne faut, comme si nous n'étions point parvenus jusqu'à vous; vu que nous sommes parvenus même jusqu'à vous par la prédication de l'Évangile de Christ.

Parallel Translations

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Car nous ne nous étendons pas trop loin, comme si nous n'étions pas parvenus jusqu'à vous, puisque nous y sommes parvenus avec l'Évangile de Christ.

Darby's French Translation
Car nous ne nous étendons pas nous-mêmes plus qu'il ne faut, comme si nous ne parvenions pas jusqu'à vous, (car nous sommes arrivés même jusqu'à vous dans la prédication de l'évangile du Christ,)

Louis Segond (1910)
Nous ne dépassons point nos limites, comme si nous n'étions pas venus jusqu'à vous; car c'est bien jusqu'à vous que nous sommes arrivés avec l'Evangile de Christ.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

we stretch not: 2 Corinthians 3:1-3, Romans 15:18, Romans 15:19, 1 Corinthians 2:10, 1 Corinthians 3:5, 1 Corinthians 3:10, 1 Corinthians 4:15, 1 Corinthians 9:1, 1 Corinthians 9:2

the gospel: 2 Corinthians 4:4, Mark 1:1, Acts 20:24, Romans 1:16, Romans 2:16, Romans 16:25, Galatians 1:6-8, Colossians 1:5, 1 Timothy 1:11

Reciprocal: Romans 15:20 - so 1 Corinthians 3:6 - I 2 Corinthians 10:13 - according Colossians 1:6 - is come Colossians 1:28 - Whom

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure,.... They did not go beyond the bounds set them by the purpose and providence of God, by going to Corinth; nor did they boast of things without their measure, when they spoke of their labours, and of the success of their ministrations among them; nor did they assume and arrogate to themselves what did not belong to them, when they claimed an authority over them, and a right of exercising their apostolical office among them:

as though we reached not unto you; by right, or according to the will of God, and the measuring line and bounds he drew and fixed for them:

for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the Gospel of Christ. The case is clear, it is a plain matter of fact, that they were not only come to other places, where they had preached the Gospel, and planted churches, but as far as to Corinth also, where they came "in, by, or with the Gospel of Christ": not their own, or what was of their own invention, but Christ's; of which he is the author, minister, and subject; they did not come without something with them; they came with the good news and glad tidings of salvation by Christ; they came preaching the Gospel, which was owned for the conversion of many souls, and for the raising a very considerable church; all which was a full proof that they were of right, and not by usurpation, come to them; that they had not thrusted themselves in, where they had no business, and consequently still retained a power over them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure - In coming to preach to you we have not gone beyond the proper limits assigned us. We have not endeavored to enlarge the proper boundaries, to stretch the line which limited us, but have kept honestly within the proper limits.

As though we reached not unto you - That is, as if our boundaries did not extend so far as to comprehend you. We have not overstepped the proper limits, as if Greece was not within the proper sphere of action.

For we are come as far as to you ... - In the regular work of preaching the gospel we have come to you. We have gone from place to place preaching the gospel where we had opportunity; we have omitted no important places, until in the regular discharge of our duties in preaching we have reached you and have preached the gospel to you. We have not omitted other places in order to come to you and enter into the proper field of labor of others, but in the regular work of making the gospel known as far as possible to all people we have come to Corinth. Far as it is, therefore, from the place where we started, we have approached it in a regular manner, and have not gone out of our proper province in doing it.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 14. For we stretch not ourselves beyond — We have not proceeded straight from Macedonia through Thessaly, and across the Adriatic Gulf into Italy, which would have led us beyond you westward; but knowing the mind of our God we left this direct path, and came southward through Greece, down into Achaia, and there we planted the Gospel. The false apostle has therefore got into our province, and entered into our labours, and there boasts as if the conversion of the heathen Achaians had been his own work. As there is an allusion here to the stadium, and to the Olympic games in general, we may consider the apostle as laying to the charge of the disturber at Corinth that he had got his name surreptitiously inserted on the military list; that he was not striving lawfully; had no right to the stadium, and none to the crown. See the observations at the end of 1 Corinthians 9:0; "1 Corinthians 9:27" and the note on ver. 13 of this chapter; "2 Corinthians 10:13"