You are judging only by how things look on the surface. Suppose someone is sure they belong to Christ. Then they should consider again that we belong to Christ just as much as they do.

你们是看眼前的吗？倘若有人自信是属基督的，他要再想想，他如何属基督，我们也是如何属基督的。

你们只看事情的外表。倘若有人自信是属基督的，他要再想想，他属基督，我们也属基督。

你们只看事情的外表。倘若有人自信是属基督的，他要再想想，他属基督，我们也属基督。

你们只会看事情的表面。如果有人相信自己属于基督，他就应该再想一想，我们跟他一样也是属于基督的。

你们看事情，只看表面。如果有人自信是属于基督的，他就应该再想一想：他是属于基督的，同样，我们也是属于基督的。

你们是根据外表看事物。如果有人深信自己是属于基督的，他自己就应该再想一想：他怎样属于基督，我们也怎样属于基督。

你們是看眼前的嗎？倘若有人自信是屬基督的，他要再想想，他如何屬基督，我們也是如何屬基督的。

你們只看事情的外表。倘若有人自信是屬基督的，他要再想想，他屬基督，我們也屬基督。

你們只看事情的外表。倘若有人自信是屬基督的，他要再想想，他屬基督，我們也屬基督。

你們只會看事情的表面。如果有人相信自己屬於基督，他就應該再想一想，我們跟他一樣也是屬於基督的。

你們看事情，只看表面。如果有人自信是屬於基督的，他就應該再想一想：他是屬於基督的，同樣，我們也是屬於基督的。

你們看看眼前的事實吧。倘如有人自信為屬基督的，他要對自己再想想：他怎樣屬基督，我們也怎樣。

你們是根據外表看事物。如果有人深信自己是屬於基督的，他自己就應該再想一想：他怎樣屬於基督，我們也怎樣屬於基督。

爾觀外貌乎、若有自恃屬基督者、其再思之、如彼屬基督、我儕亦然、

爾獨觀外貌乎、如有自恃為基督僕者、則當復思、若彼為基督僕、我亦為基督僕焉、

爾曹獨觀外貌乎、如有自視為屬基督者、則當復思、若彼屬基督、我亦屬基督、

何爾等眼光之淺耶！若有自矜其為基督之僕、曷一思吾儕亦未嘗非基督之僕也。

You are judging by appearances. If anyone is confident that they belong to Christ, they should consider again that we belong to Christ just as much as they do.

Look at what is before your eyes. If anyone is confident that he is Christ’s, let him remind himself that just as he is Christ’s, so also are we.

Look at the obvious facts. Those who say they belong to Christ must recognize that we belong to Christ as much as they do.

Look at what is obvious. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, let him remind himself of this: Just as he belongs to Christ, so do we.

You are looking at things as they are outwardly. If anyone is confident in himself that he is Christ’s, have him consider this again within himself, that just as he is Christ’s, so too are we.

Do you look at things according to the outward appearance? If anyone is convinced in himself that he is Christ’s, let him again consider this in himself, that just as he is Christ’s, even so we are Christ’s.

Ye look at the things that are before your face. If any man trusteth in himself that he is Christ’s, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ’s, so also are we.

Look at what is obvious. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should remind himself of this: Just as he belongs to Christ, so do we.

Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ’s, let him of himself think this again, that, as he[ is] Christ’s, even so[ are] we Christ’s.

You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should reflect on this again: Just as he himself belongs to Christ, so too do we.

Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ’s, let him consider this again with himself, that even as he is Christ’s, so we also are Christ’s.

We are not trying to make an appeal to you again. But we are giving you a chance to take pride in us. Some people take pride in their looks rather than what’s in their hearts. If you take pride in us, you will be able to answer them.

Stop judging only by what you see. Judge in the right way.”

Are they serving Christ? I am serving him even more. I’m out of my mind to talk like this! I have worked much harder. I have been in prison more often. I have suffered terrible beatings. Again and again I almost died.

Suppose anyone thinks they are a prophet. Or suppose they think they have other gifts given by the Holy Spirit. They should agree that what I am writing to you is the Lord’s command.

Am I not free? Am I not an apostle? Haven’t I seen Jesus our Lord? Aren’t you the result of my work for the Lord?

You are joined to Christ and belong to him. And Christ is joined to God.

You who belong to Christ are Abraham’s seed. So you will receive what God has promised.

Here is what I mean. One of you says,“ I follow Paul.” Another says,“ I follow Apollos.” Another says,“ I follow Peter.” And still another says,“ I follow Christ.”

Christ is humble and free of pride. Because of this, I make my appeal to you. I, Paul, am the one you call“ shy” when I am face to face with you. But when I am away from you, you think I am“ bold” toward you.

Jesus said to them,“ You try to make yourselves look good in the eyes of other people. But God knows your hearts. What people think is worth a lot is hated by God.

You are asking me to prove that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak in dealing with you. He is powerful among you.

But the Lord said to Samuel,“ Do not consider how handsome or tall he is. I have not chosen him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outside of a person. But the Lord looks at what is in the heart.”

A person is not a Jew if they are a Jew only on the outside. And circumcision is more than just something done to the outside of a man’s body.No, a person is a Jew only if they are a Jew on the inside. And true circumcision means that the heart has been circumcised by the Holy Spirit. The person whose heart has been circumcised does more than obey the written law. The praise that matters for that kind of person does not come from other people. It comes from God.

“ Everything they do is done for others to see. On their foreheads and arms they wear little boxes that hold Scripture verses. They make the boxes very wide. And they make the tassels on their coats very long.

Many are bragging the way the people of the world do. So I will brag like that too.

Brothers and sisters, here is what I want you to know. The good news I preached does not come from human beings.No one gave it to me. No one taught it to me. Instead, I received it from Jesus Christ. He showed it to me.You have heard how I lived earlier in my Jewish way of life. With all my strength I attacked the church of God. I tried to destroy it.

We didn’t give in to them for a moment. We did this so that the truth of the good news would be kept safe for you.Some people in Jerusalem were thought to be important. But it makes no difference to me what they were. God does not treat people differently. Those people added nothing to my message.In fact, it was just the opposite. They recognized the task I had been trusted with. It was the task of preaching the good news to the Gentiles. My task was like Peter’s task. He had been trusted with the task of preaching to the Jews.God was working in Peter as an apostle to the Jews. God was also working in me as an apostle to the Gentiles.James, Peter and John are respected as pillars in the church. They recognized the special grace given to me. So they shook my hand and the hand of Barnabas. They wanted to show they accepted us. They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles. They would go to the Jews.

Suppose someone comes to you and preaches about a Jesus different from the Jesus we preached about. Or suppose you receive a spirit different from the Spirit you received before. Or suppose you receive a different message of good news. Suppose it was different from the one you accepted earlier. You put up with those kinds of things easily enough.

But here is the order of events. Christ is the first of those who rise from the dead. When he comes back, those who belong to him will be raised.

I have made a fool of myself. But you made me do it. You should have praised me. Even though I am nothing, I am in no way less important than the“ super- apostles.”