For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ:

2 CORINTHIANS 10:14KJV
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2 Corinthians 10:14 (KJV)

What does 2 Corinthians 10:14 mean?

2 Corinthians 10:14 means that Paul and his companions are not overstepping their rightful boundaries or claiming credit for work they did not do, especially regarding their ministry to the Corinthians. Paul is saying that he and his team have genuinely reached the Corinthians with the message about Christ, so their involvement is legitimate.

Paul is writing to the church in Corinth, addressing concerns about his authority and the scope of his ministry. Some critics in Corinth questioned whether Paul had the right to speak into their lives. Here, Paul explains that he is not boasting beyond his proper limits, because he was the one who first brought the gospel to them, making his relationship with them authentic and appropriate.

Where else these words appear

“reached” Greek G2185 · used in 2 verses

  • 2 Corinthians 10:13 But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you.

“come” Greek G5348 · used in 7 verses

  • Matthew 12:28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you.
  • Romans 9:31 But Israel, which followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness.
  • 1 Thessalonians 2:16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost.

“as” Greek G891 · used in 49 verses

  • Matthew 24:38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
  • Acts 22:22 And they gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live.
  • Galatians 4:19 My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you,

“gospel” Greek G2098 · used in 74 verses

  • Matthew 4:23 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
  • 1 Corinthians 4:15 For though ye have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet have ye not many fathers: for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
  • Philippians 1:5 For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;