27 The eating of too much honey is not good;+ and for people to search out their own glory, is it glory?+

23 This is what Jehovah has said: “Let not the wise man brag about himself because of his wisdom,+ and let not the mighty man brag about himself because of his mightiness.+ Let not the rich man brag about himself because of his riches.”+

12 For we do not dare to class ourselves among some or compare ourselves with some who recommend themselves.+ Certainly they in measuring themselves by themselves and comparing themselves with themselves have no understanding.+

18 For not the one who recommends himself is approved,+ but the man whom Jehovah*+ recommends.+

11 I have become unreasonable. YOU compelled me+ to, for I ought to have been recommended by YOU. For I did not prove to be inferior to [YOUR] superfine+ apostles in a single thing, even if I am nothing.+