2 Corinthians 10:17

Glory in the Lord. Or, “boast of the Lord,” instead of in oneself. Verse 17 is a quotation from Jer. 9:24 (see comment there). The credit for success, whether in personal Christian experience or in ministry for others, belongs to God. To arrogate to oneself honor for success is to dishonor God by turning men’s eyes from Him to the human instrument, and to exalt man above God. See Ps. 115:1; 1 Cor. 1:31; 10:12; 15:10; 2 Cor. 12:5; Gal. 2:20; 6:14; see on 1 Cor. 1:31. Those who become satisfied with themselves fall short of the Christian ideal (Phil. 3:12-14). Those who keep in constant fellowship with Christ never have an exalted opinion of themselves (see SC 64).