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2 Corinthians 10:7-18

7Yelookβλέπετε.blepeteG991atthethingsG3778thatareG1510beforeyourfaceG4383.IfanymanG3778trustethinhimselfthatheisG1510Christ’s,lethimconsiderG3049thisagainπάλινpalinG3825withhimself,that,evenG2532asheisG1510Christ’s,soalsoκαὶkaiG2532areG1510we.

8ForthoughIshouldglorysomewhatabundantlyconcerningπερὶperiG4012ourauthorityἐξουσίαςexousiasG1849(whichtheLordκύριοςkuriosG2962gaveG1325forbuildingοἰκοδομὴνoikodomēnG3619youup,andnotforcastingyoudownκαθαίρεσινkathairesinG2506),Ishallnotbeputtoshame:

9thatImaynotseemδόξωdoxōG1380asifIwouldterrifyyoubymylettersἐπιστολῶν.epistolōnG1992.

10For,HislettersἐπιστολαὶepistolaiG1992,theysayφησινphēsinG5346,areweightyβαρεῖαιbareiaiG926andstrongἰσχυραί,ischuraiG2478;buthisbodilypresenceπαρουσίαparousiaG3952isweakἀσθενὴςasthenēsG772,andhisspeechλόγοςlogosG3056ofnoaccountG3056.

11LetsuchaoneG3778reckonthis,that,whatweareG1510inwordλόγῳlogōG3056bylettersἐπιστολῶνepistolōnG1992whenweareG1510absentἀπόντες,apontesG548,suchG5108areG1510wealsoκαὶkaiG2532indeedG2041whenweareG1510present.

12ForwearenotboldtonumberorcompareourselveswithcertainG5100ofthemthatcommendσυνιστανόντων·sunistanontōnG4921themselves:buttheythemselves, measuringthemselvesbythemselves,andcomparingthemselveswiththemselves,arewithoutunderstandingσυνιᾶσιν.suniasinG4920.

13ButwewillnotglorybeyondourmeasureμέτρονmetronG3358,butaccordingκατὰkataG2596tothemeasureμέτρουmetrouG3358oftheprovincewhichGodθεὸςtheosG2316apportionedtousasameasureG3358,toreachevenG2532untoyou.

14Forwestretchnotourselvesovermuch,asthoughwereachednotuntoyou:forwecameevenG2532asfarἄχριachriG891asuntoyouinthegospelεὐαγγελίῳeuangeliōG2098ofChristΧριστοῦ·ChristouG5547:

15notgloryingbeyondourmeasureἄμετραametraG280,thatis,inothermen’slaborsκόποις,kopoisG2873;buthavinghopeἐλπίδαelpidaG1680that,asyourfaithπίστεωςpisteōsG4102groweth,weshallbemagnifiedG3170inyouaccordingκατὰkataG2596toourprovince unto furtherabundance,

16soastopreachthegospelevenuntothepartsbeyondyou,andnottogloryinanother’sprovinceinregardofthingsreadyἕτοιμαhetoimaG2092toourhand.

17Buthethatglorieth, lethimgloryintheLordκυρίῳkuriōG2962.

18FornothethatcommendethhimselfisG1510approved,butwhomtheLordκύριοςkuriosG2962commendeth.

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