2 Corinthians 10

1 Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Christ, I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you.

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;

2 Yes, I beg you that I may not, when present, show courage with the confidence with which I intend to be bold against some, who consider us to be walking according to the flesh.

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.

3 For though we walk in the flesh, we don’t wage war according to the flesh;

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

4 for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,

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

5 throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

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

6 and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience when your obedience is made full.

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

7 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.

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)

8 For even if I boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for casting you down, I will not be ashamed,

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;

9 that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters.

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

10 For, “His letters”, they say, “are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised.”

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

11 Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such are we also in deed when we are present.

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.

12 For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.

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.

13 But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.

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.

14 For we don’t stretch ourselves too much, as though we didn’t reach to you. For we came even as far as to you with the Good News of Christ,

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

15 not boasting beyond proper limits in other men’s labors, but having hope that as your faith grows, we will be abundantly enlarged by you in our sphere of influence,

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,

16 so as to preach the Good News even to the parts beyond you, not to boast in what someone else has already done.

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

17 But “he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.”

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

18 For it isn’t he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.

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