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.
ipse autem ego Paulus obsecro vos per mansuetudinem et modestiam Christi qui in facie quidem humilis inter vos absens autem confido in vobis
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.
rogo autem ne praesens audeam per eam confidentiam qua existimo audere in quosdam qui arbitrantur nos tamquam secundum carnem ambulemus
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we don’t wage war according to the flesh;
in carne enim ambulantes non secundum carnem militamus
4 for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,
nam arma militiae nostrae non carnalia sed potentia Deo ad destructionem munitionum consilia destruentes
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,
et omnem altitudinem extollentem se adversus scientiam Dei et in captivitatem redigentes omnem intellectum in obsequium Christi
6 and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience when your obedience is made full.
et in promptu habentes ulcisci omnem inoboedientiam cum impleta fuerit vestra oboedientia
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.
quae secundum faciem sunt videte si quis confidit sibi Christi se esse hoc cogitet iterum apud se quia sicut ipse Christi est ita et nos
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,
nam et si amplius aliquid gloriatus fuero de potestate nostra quam dedit Dominus in aedificationem et non in destructionem vestram non erubescam
9 that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters.
ut autem non existimer tamquam terrere vos per epistulas
10 For, “His letters”, they say, “are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised.”
quoniam quidem epistulae inquiunt graves sunt et fortes praesentia autem corporis infirma et sermo contemptibilis
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.
hoc cogitet qui eiusmodi est quia quales sumus verbo per epistulas absentes tales et praesentes in facto
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.
non enim audemus inserere aut conparare nos quibusdam qui se ipsos commendant sed ipsi in nobis nosmet ipsos metientes et conparantes nosmet ipsos nobis
13 But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.
nos autem non in inmensum gloriabimur sed secundum mensuram regulae quam mensus est nobis Deus mensuram pertingendi usque ad vos
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,
non enim quasi non pertingentes ad vos superextendimus nos usque ad vos enim pervenimus in evangelio Christi
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,
non in inmensum gloriantes in alienis laboribus spem autem habentes crescentis fidei vestrae in vobis magnificari secundum regulam nostram in abundantiam
16 so as to preach the Good News even to the parts beyond you, not to boast in what someone else has already done.
etiam in illa quae ultra vos sunt evangelizare non in aliena regula in his quae praeparata sunt gloriari
17 But “he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.”
qui autem gloriatur in Domino glorietur
18 For it isn’t he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.
non enim qui se ipsum commendat ille probatus est sed quem Dominus commendat
