2 Corinthians 3:1 — Compare Translations

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ARE WE starting to commend ourselves again? Or we do not, like some [false teachers], need written credentials or letters of recommendation to you or from you, [do we]?

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

ARE WE starting to commend ourselves again? Or we do not, like some [false teachers], need written credentials or letters of recommendation to you or from you, [do we]?

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you?

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some, letters of recommendation to you or from you?

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or do we need, as some, commendatory letters to you, or [commendatory] from you?

English EASY 2024

We do not need any more to show that our work is good. Some people need to have letters from other people to say that they do good work. We do not need to show you letters like that. Nor do we need you to write a letter like that for us.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Why are we beginning again to tell you all these good things about ourselves? Do we need letters of introduction to you or from you, like some other people?

Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you?

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Does this sound as if we were again boasting about ourselves? Could it be that, like some other people, we need letters of recommendation to you or from you?

English God's Word - GW 1995

Do we have to show you our qualifications again? Do we, like some people, need letters that recommend us to you or letters from you that recommend us to others?

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or like some, do we need letters of recommendation to you or from you?

English KJV 1611

Do we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?

English LSB

Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some, letters of commendation to you or from you?

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as some others, letters of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some, letters of commendation to you or from you?

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you or from you?

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? We don’t need letters of recommendation to you or from you as some other people do, do we?

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

Are we beginning to praise ourselves again? Some people need letters that speak well of them. Do we need those kinds of letters, either to you or from you?

English NIV

Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you?

English NKJ 1982

Do we begin again to commend ourselves? Or do we need, as some others, epistles of commendation to you or letters of commendation from you?

English NLT

Are we beginning again to tell you how good we are? Some people need to bring letters of recommendation with them or ask you to write letters of recommendation for them.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Surely we do not need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you or from you, do we?

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

Are we beginning to sound like those who speak highly of themselves? Do you really need letters of recommendation to validate our ministry, like others do? Do we really need your letter of endorsement? Of course not!

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, as some do, letters of recommendation to you, or from you?

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

Are we beginning to be like those false teachers of yours who must tell you all about themselves and bring long letters of recommendation with them? I think you hardly need someone's letter to tell you about us, do you? And we don't need a recommendation from you, either!

English Tyndale 1537

We begin to praise ourselves again. Need we as some other of pistels of recommendation(commendation) unto you? or letters of recommendation(commendation) from you?