2 Corinthians 10:18; 2 Corinthians 3:1; 2 Corinthians 12:6; Proverbs 27:2
18 For it is lnot the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one mwhom the Lord commends.
Ministers of the New Covenant
3 qAre we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, ras some do, sletters of recommendation to you, or from you?
6 though if I should wish to boast, eI would not be a fool, for I would be speaking the truth; but I refrain from it, so that no one may think more of me than he sees in me or hears from me.
2 Let zanother praise you, and not your own mouth;
a stranger, and not your own lips.