SEV Biblia, Chapter 10:13
Pero nosotros no nos gloriaremos ms all de nuestra medida, sino conforme a la medida de la regla, de la medida que Dios nos reparti, para llegar aun hasta vosotros.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 10:13
Verse 13. Things without our measure] There is a great deal of difficulty in this and the three following verses, and there is a great diversity among the MSS.; and which is the true reading can scarcely be determined. Our version is perhaps the plainest that can be made of the text. By the measure mentioned here, it seems as if the apostle meant the commission he received from God to preach the Gospel to the Gentiles; a measure or district that extended through all Asia Minor and Greece, down to Achaia, where Corinth was situated, a measure to reach even unto you. But the expressions in these verses are all agonistical, and taken from the stadium or race course in the Olympic and Isthmian games. The metron, or measure, was the length of the dromov, or course; and the kanwn, rule or line, 2 Corinthians x. 15, 16, was probably the same with the gramma, or white line, which marked out the boundaries of the stadium; and the verbs reach unto, stretch out, &c., are all references to the exertions made to win the race. As this subject is so frequently alluded to in these epistles, I have thought it of importance to consider it particularly in the different places where it occurs.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 13. But we will not boast of things without our measure , etc..] Or things unmeasurable; meaning not doctrines, the knowledge of which they had not attained to, and which were not to be measured by reason or revelation, such as the Gnostics boasted of; but the sense is, that they would not glory in, and boast of actions, that were never done by them, within the compass of their ministration, as the false apostles did; who pretended that they had been everywhere, and had preached the Gospel, and had made converts in all parts of the world; but the apostle and his fellow labourer, desired only to speak of those things which were done of them, and of their successful labours: according to the measure of the rule ; not the measure of the gift of Christ, or of faith bestowed upon them; nor the measuring rule and canon of the Scriptures, though both are truths; but the places or parts of the world, which God in his secret purpose had fixed, and in his providence directed them to preach in: or as he says, which God hath distributed to us ; parted and divided to them; assigning such and such places to some, and such and such to others, as he himself pleased, to discharge their ministerial office in; drawing as it were a line, or setting a bound, by which and how far each should go, and no further: a measure to reach even unto you ; the line of their ministration was drawn, or the bounds of their preaching were carried from Judea, and through all the intermediate places to Corinth, so that the Corinthians were properly under the jurisdiction of the apostles, and in their district; wherefore the false apostles had really no right nor claim to be among them; nay, their measure reached to the ends of the world, according to ( Psalm 19:4) their line wq , is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 12-18 - If we would compare ourselves with others who excel us, this would be good method to keep us humble. The apostle fixes a good rule for his conduct; namely, not to boast of things without his measure, which wa the measure God had distributed to him. There is not a more fruitfu source of error, than to judge of persons and opinions by our ow prejudices. How common is it for persons to judge of their ow religious character, by the opinions and maxims of the world aroun them! But how different is the rule of God's word! And of all flattery self-flattery is the worst. Therefore, instead of praising ourselves we should strive to approve ourselves to God. In a word, let us glor in the Lord our salvation, and in all other things only as evidences of his love, or means of promoting his glory. Instead of praisin ourselves, or seeking the praise of men, let us desire that honou which cometh from God only __________________________________________________________________
Greek Textus Receptus
ημεις 2249 P-1NP δε 1161 CONJ ουχι 3780 PRT-N εις 1519 PREP τα 3588 T-APN αμετρα 280 A-APN καυχησομεθα 2744 5695 V-FDI-1P αλλα 235 CONJ κατα 2596 PREP το 3588 T-ASN μετρον 3358 N-ASN του 3588 T-GSM κανονος 2583 N-GSM ου 3739 R-GSM εμερισεν 3307 5656 V-AAI-3S ημιν 2254 P-1DP ο 3588 T-NSM θεος 2316 N-NSM μετρου 3358 N-GSN εφικεσθαι 2185 5635 V-2ADN αχρι 891 PREP και 2532 CONJ υμων 5216 P-2GP
Vincent's NT Word Studies
13. Of things without measure (eiv ta ametra). Of things is wrong; the translators failing to see that the article forms, with the following word, an adverbial phrase. Rev., correctly, glory beyond our measure. Rule (kanonov). Used by Paul only. Originally, a straight rod or ruler. Hence a carpenter's rule. Metaphorically, that which measures or determines anything, in morals, art, or language. The Alexandrian grammarians spoke of the classic Greek authors collectively as the canon or standard of the pure language. In later Greek it was used to denote a fixed tax. In christian literature it came to signify the standard of faith or of christian teaching; the creed; the rule of Church discipline, and the authorized collection of sacred writings. Hence canon of Scripture. To understand this expression, it is to be remembered that Paul regarded his ministry as specially to the Gentiles, and that he habitually refused to establish himself permanently where any former Christian teacher had preached. The Jewish teachers at Corinth had invaded his sphere as the apostle to the Gentiles, and had also occupied the ground which he had won for himself by his successful labors among the Corinthians, as they did also at Antioch and in Galatia. He says here, therefore, that his boasting of his apostolic labors is not without measure, like that of those Jewish teachers who establish themselves everywhere, but is confined to the sphere appointed for him, of which Corinth, thus far, was the extreme limit. Hence the measure of the rule is the measure defined by the line which God has drawn. The image is that of surveying a district, so as to assign to different persons their different parcels of ground. I see no good reason for Rev. province. The measure is given by God's measuring-line: "Which God hath apportioned to us as a measure;" and his boasting extends only to this limit.To reach even unto you. Corinth being thus far the extreme limit of the field measured out for him.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
10:13 {Beyond our measure} (eis ta ametra). "Into the unmeasured things,"the illimitable." Old word, here only in N.T. {Of the province} (tou kanonos). Old word (kanna like Hebrew) a reed, a measuring rod. Numerous papyri examples for measuring rod and rules (our word canon). Only twice in N.T., here (also verse #15,16) and #Ga 6:16 (rule to walk by). {To reach even unto you} (efikesqai acri kai humwn). Second aorist middle infinitive of efikneomai, old verb, only here and verse #14 in N.T. Paul's measuring-rod extends to Corinth.
