2 Corinthians 10

1 Myself now I myself Paul exhort you through the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who as to appearance indeed [am] humble among you, being absent however I am bold toward you;

Now I Paul myself plead to you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:

2 I implore [you] now that not being present to be bold with the confidence with which I reckon to be daring toward some those reckoning us as according to flesh walking.

But I plead to you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

3 In flesh for walking not according to flesh do we wage war,

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:

4 The for weapons of the warfare of us [are] not fleshly but powerful divinely to [the] demolition of strongholds,

(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds; )

5 arguments overthrowing and every high thing lifting itself up against the knowledge of God and taking captive every thought into the obedience of Christ

Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;

6 and in readiness having to avenge all disobedience, when may have been fulfilled your obedience.

And being alert to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.

7 The [things] according to appearance are you looking. If anyone is persuaded in himself of Christ to be, this he should reckon again (within *N+kO) himself that even as he [is] of Christ, so also [are] we ourselves (of Christ. *k)

Do all of you 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.

8 If even for (and *k) more excessive somewhat I shall boast concerning the authority of us which has given the Lord (to us *k) for building [you] up and not for tearing down you, not I will be ashamed;

For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord has given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:

9 that not [I] may seem as if to frighten you through the letters.

That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.

10 For the letters indeed they say [are] weighty and strong, however the presence of the body weak and the speech ignored.

For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech (logos) contemptible.

11 This should realise type of [person] that such as we are in word through letters being absent, such [we are] also being present in action.

Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word (logos) by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.

12 Not for dare we to classify or to compare ourselves [with] some themselves commending; but these by themselves themselves measuring and comparing themselves with themselves not understand.

For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.

13 We ourselves however (not *N+kO) into the [things] beyond measure will boast but according to the measure of the area that has assigned to us God a measure to reach as far as also you.

But we will not boast of things without our measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God has distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you.

14 Not for as not reaching to you we are overextending ourselves; as far as for also you we came in the gospel of Christ;

For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ:

15 not to the [things] beyond measure boasting in others’ labors, hope however having increasing the faith of you among you to be enlarged according to the area of us to excess,

Not boasting of things without our measure, that is, of other men's labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly,

16 so as that beyond you to evangelise, not in another’s area in [things] ready to boast.

To preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand.

17 The [one] however boasting in [the] Lord he should boast;

But he that glories, let him glory in the Lord.

18 Not for the [one] himself commending, this [one] is approved, but [the one] whom the Lord commends.

For not he that commends himself is approved, but whom the Lord commends.