2 Corinthians 10:16 Meaning and Explanation
“To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man’s line of things made ready to our hand.”
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Read Full Chapter →Paul aims to preach where the gospel has not yet gone, rather than boasting in work already done by others.
What Does 2 Corinthians 10:16 Mean?
Paul names the goal of his enlarged hope: to preach in 'the regions beyond' -- the unreached places past Corinth. He has no wish to settle into another man's completed work and call it his own. The frontier, not the finished field, is where his heart turns.
Here is the missionary impulse in its purest form. Paul will not boast in territory 'made ready to our hand' by someone else's labor; he longs to carry Christ where He is not yet known. The gospel always presses outward. A church strengthened in faith does not become a place to rest in borrowed glory, but a launching point toward those who have never heard.
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What does 2 Corinthians 10:16 mean?
Paul aims to preach where the gospel has not yet gone, rather than boasting in work already done by others.