2 Corinthians

10 Moreover I Paul myself exhort you, Through the meekness and considerateness of the Christ,—I who to look upon indeed am lowly among you, But absent am bold towards you;—

2 I entreat however That when present I may not be bold with the assurance wherewith I think to be daring against some who account of us as though according to flesh we were walking,—

3 For though in flesh we walk Not according to flesh do we war,—

4 For the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly But mighty by God unto a pulling down of strongholds,—

5 When we pull down calculations and every height that uplifteth itself against the knowledge of God, And when we bring into captivity every thought unto the obedience of the Christ,

6 And when we hold ourselves in readiness to avenge all disobedience As soon as your obedience shall be fulfilled!

7 The things that lie on the surface ye are looking at:—If anyone hath come to trust in himself that he is Christ’s This let him reckon again with himself—That even as he is Christ’s So also are we.

8 Yea if somewhat more abundantly I should boast concerning our authority—Which the Lord hath given for building up and not for pulling you down I shall not be put to shame,—

9 That I may not seem as though I would be terrifying you through means of my letters;

10 Because The letters, it is true (saith one), are weighty and strong, But the presence of the body is weak and the discourse contemptible;—

11 This let such a one reckon—That what we are in our word through means of letters being absent Such also being present are we in our deed.

12 For we dare not class or compare ourselves with some who do themselves commend; But they among themselves measuring themselves and comparing themselves with themselves Are without discernment!

13 We however not as to the things without measure will boast ourselves, But according to the measure of the limit which God apportioned unto us as a measure—To reach as far as even you!

14 For not as though we were not reaching unto you are we over-stretching ourselves, For as far as even you were we beforehand in the glad-message of the Christ:

15 Not as to the things without measure boasting ourselves in other men’s toils, But having hope—your faith growing—among you to be enlarged according to our limit for something beyond,—

16 Unto the regions beyond you to carry the glad-message: Not within another man’s limit as to the things made ready to boast ourselves.

17 He that boasteth however in the Lord let him boast;

18 For not he that commendeth himself he is approved, But he whom the Lord doth commend.