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, 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.
2 Rogo autem vos ne praesens audeam per eam confidentiam, qua existimor audere in quosdam, qui arbitrantur nos tamquam secundum carnem ambulemus.
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.
3 In carne enim ambulantes, non secundum carnem militamus.
For though we walk in the flesh, we don’t wage war according to 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 of the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds,
5 et omnem altitudinem extollentem se adversus scientiam Dei, et in captivitatem redigentes omnem intellectum in obsequium Christi,
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,
6 et in promptu habentes ulcisci omnem inobedientiam, cum impleta fuerit vestra obedientia.
and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience when your obedience is made full.
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 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.
8 Nam, etsi amplius aliquid gloriatus fuero de potestate nostra, quam dedit nobis Dominus in aedificationem, et non in destructionem vestram: non erubescam.
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,
9 Ut autem non existimer tamquam terrere vos per epistolas:
that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters.
10 quoniam quidem epistolae, inquiunt, graves sunt et fortes: praesentia autem corporis infirma, et sermo contemptibilis:
For, “His letters”, they say, “are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised.”
11 hoc cogitet qui eiusmodi est, quia quales sumus verbo per epistolas absentes, tales et praesentes in facto.
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.
12 Non enim audemus inserere, aut comparare nos quibusdam, qui seipsos commendant: sed ipsi in nobis nosmetipsos metientes, et comparantes nosmetipsos nobis.
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.
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 beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.
14 Non enim quasi non pertingentes ad vos, superextendimus nos: usque ad vos enim pervenimus in Evangelio Christi.
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,
15 non in immensum gloriantes in alienis laboribus: spem autem habentes crescentis fidei vestrae, in vobis magnificari secundum regulam nostram in abundantiam,
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,
16 etiam in illa, quae ultra vos sunt, evangelizare, non in aliena regula in iis quae praeparata sunt gloriari.
so as to preach the Good News even to the parts beyond you, not to boast in what someone else has already done.
17 Qui autem gloriatur, in Domino glorietur.
But “he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.”
18 Non enim qui seipsum commendat, ille probatus est: sed quem Deus commendat.
For it isn’t he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.
