15. Neither do we go beyond our limits by boasting of work done by others. Our hope is that, as your faith continues to grow, our sphere of activity among you will greatly expand,
16. so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. For we do not want to boast about work already done in someone else’s territory.
17. But, ‘Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.’
18. For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.