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# We are not so bold as to group ourselves ... praise themselves
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"Bold people would group themselves ... praise themselves, but we are not that bold, so we do not." Paul is using irony here: most people think of boldness as a good thing, but Paul is saying that those who have the boldness to praise themselves are doing wrong. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-irony]])
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# to group ourselves or compare ourselves with those
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"to say we are as good as those"
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# they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with each other
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Paul is saying much the same thing twice. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])
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# they measure themselves by one another
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Paul is speaking of goodness as though it were something whose length people could measure. Alternate translation: "they look at each other and try to see who is better" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# have no insight
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"show everyone that they do not know anything"
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