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2 Corinthians  


10 : 1 I, Paul, myself entreat you, by themeekness and gentleness of Christ&emdash;I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold toward you when I am away!&emdash;
10 : 2 I beg of youthat when I am present I may not have to showboldness with such confidence as I count on showing against some who suspect us of walking according to the flesh.
10 : 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh.
10 : 4 For theweapons ofour warfare are not of the flesh but havedivine powerto destroy strongholds.
10 : 5 We destroy arguments andevery lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive toobey Christ,
10 : 6 being ready to punish every disobedience,when your obedience is complete.
10 : 7 Look at what is before your eyes.If anyone is confident that he is Christ's, let him remind himself that just ashe is Christ's,so also are we.
10 : 8 For even if I boast a little too much ofour authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you, I will not be ashamed.
10 : 9 I do not want to appear to be frightening you with my letters.
10 : 10 For they say,His letters are weighty and strong, buthis bodily presence is weak, andhis speech of no account.
10 : 11 Let such a person understand that what we say by letter when absent, we do when present.
10 : 12 Not that we dare to classify orcompare ourselves with some of those whoare commending themselves. But when they measure themselves by one another and compare themselves with one another, they arewithout understanding.
10 : 13 But we will not boastbeyond limits, but willboast only with regard to the area of influence God assigned to us,to reach even to you.
10 : 14 For we are not overextending ourselves, as though we did not reach you.For we were the first to come all the way to you with the gospel of Christ.
10 : 15 We do not boast beyond limit in the labors of others. But our hope is thatas your faith increases, our area of influence among you may begreatly enlarged,
10 : 16 so that we may preach the gospel in lands beyond you, without boasting of work already done in another's area of influence.
10 : 17 Letthe one who boasts, boast in the Lord.
10 : 18 For it isnot the one who commends himself who is approved, but the onewhom the Lord commends.