10:13
Paul and his colleagues would “boast” only of what God had called them to. We might think that means he would actually boast, but if we look at what has gone before, and what will come later, we see that this means talking about the glory of God and of Christ, and of his weakness and unworthiness. Our mission is that God has called us as forgiven sinners, incapable of doing the things He calls us to, but enabled to by the power of the Holy Spirit. And that sphere of service for Paul included the Corinthians. When we serve Christ properly there is both a humility and a boldness.
10:14,15
Paul then gives the “evidence” that the Corinthians were indeed part of the sphere of service that God had given him. They had gone to Corinth, they had stayed for some time, preaching and teaching the gospel, doing miracles among them. Charlatans will boast of things they have no right to boast of, and they will seek to hijack the work of others. We need to be painfully aware that this sort of thing happens in churches. But we must act as faithful servants of Christ.
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