Commend

One generation will commend Your works to the next, and will proclaim Your mighty acts—

I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church in Cenchrea.

Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.

Are we beginning to commend ourselves again? Or do we need, like some people, letters of recommendation to you or from you?

Instead, we have renounced secret and shameful ways. We do not practice deceit, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by open proclamation of the truth, we commend ourselves to every man’s conscience in the sight of God.

Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;

We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they show their ignorance.