Corinthios Ii 10
1 Ipse autem ego Paulus obsecro vos per mansuetudinem, et modestiam Christi, qui in facie quidem humilis sum inter vos, absens autem confido in vos.
Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence [am] base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:
2 Rogo autem vos ne praesens audeam per eam confidentiam, qua existimor audere in quosdam, qui arbitrantur nos tamquam secundum carnem ambulemus.
But I beseech [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 carne enim ambulantes, non secundum carnem militamus.
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
4 Nam arma militiae nostrae non carnalia sunt, sed potentia Deo ad destructionem munitionum, consilia destruentes,
(For the weapons of our warfare [are] not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds; )
5 et omnem altitudinem extollentem se adversus scientiam Dei, et in captivitatem redigentes omnem intellectum in obsequium Christi,
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
6 et in promptu habentes ulcisci omnem inobedientiam, cum impleta fuerit vestra obedientia.
And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
7 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.
Do ye 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 Nam, etsi amplius aliquid gloriatus fuero de potestate nostra, quam dedit nobis Dominus in aedificationem, et non in destructionem vestram: non erubescam.
For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed:
9 Ut autem non existimer tamquam terrere vos per epistolas:
That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters.
10 quoniam quidem epistolae, inquiunt, graves sunt et fortes: praesentia autem corporis infirma, et sermo contemptibilis:
For [his] letters, say they, [are] weighty and powerful; but [his] bodily presence [is] weak, and [his] speech contemptible.
11 hoc cogitet qui eiusmodi est, quia quales sumus verbo per epistolas absentes, tales et praesentes in facto.
Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such [will we be] also in deed when we are present.
12 Non enim audemus inserere, aut comparare nos quibusdam, qui seipsos commendant: sed ipsi in nobis nosmetipsos metientes, et comparantes nosmetipsos nobis.
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 Nos autem non in immensum gloriabimur, sed secundum mensuram regulae, qua mensus est nobis Deus, mensuram pertingendi usque ad vos.
But we will not boast of things without [our] measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you.
14 Non enim quasi non pertingentes ad vos, superextendimus nos: usque ad vos enim pervenimus in Evangelio Christi.
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 non in immensum gloriantes in alienis laboribus: spem autem habentes crescentis fidei vestrae, in vobis magnificari secundum regulam nostram in abundantiam,
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 etiam in illa, quae ultra vos sunt, evangelizare, non in aliena regula in iis quae praeparata sunt gloriari.
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 Qui autem gloriatur, in Domino glorietur.
But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
18 Non enim qui seipsum commendat, ille probatus est: sed quem Deus commendat.
For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
