New American Standard Bible 1995

2 Corinthians 10:8-16

8For evenτεteG5037ifἐάνeanG1437I boastκαυχήσωμαιkauchēsōmaiG2744somewhatτιtiG5100furtherG4053aboutπερὶperiG4012ourauthorityἐξουσίαςexousiasG1849,whichἧςhēsG3739the LordκύριοςkuriosG2962gaveἔδωκενedōkenG1325for buildingοἰκοδομὴνoikodomēnG3619you up and not for destroyingκαθαίρεσινkathairesinG2506you, I will not be putG153to shameG153,

9for I do not wish to seemδόξωdoxōG1380as ifἂνanG302I would terrifyἐκφοβεῖνekphobeinG1629you by my lettersἐπιστολῶν.epistolōnG1992.

10For they sayφησινphēsinG5346, “His lettersἐπιστολαὶepistolaiG1992are weightyβαρεῖαιbareiaiG926and strongἰσχυραί,ischuraiG2478, but hispersonalσώματοςsōmatosG4983presenceπαρουσίαparousiaG3952isunimpressiveἀσθενὴςasthenēsG772andhis speechλόγοςlogosG3056contemptibleἐξουθενημένος.exouthenēmenosG1848.”

11Let suchG5108a personG5108considerλογιζέσθωlogizesthōG3049thisτοῦτοtoutoG3778,that whatοἷοίhoioiG3634we are in wordλόγῳlogōG3056by lettersἐπιστολῶνepistolōnG1992when absentἀπόντες,apontesG548,suchG5108personsG5108we arealsoκαὶkaiG2532in deedἔργῳ.¶ergōG2041when presentπαρόντεςparontesG3918.

12For we are not boldτολμῶμενtolmōmenG5111to classἐγκρῖναιegkrinaiG1469orἢēG2228compareσυγκρῖναιsugkrinaiG4793ourselvesἑαυτούςhe'autousG1438withsomeτισινtisinG5100of thoseτῶνtōnG3588whocommendσυνιστανόντων·sunistanontōnG4921themselvesἑαυτοὺςhe'autousG1438;but when they measureμετροῦντεςmetrountesG3354themselvesἑαυτοῖςhe'autoisG1438by themselvesἑαυτοὺςhe'autousG1438and compareσυγκρίνοντεςsugkrinontesG4793themselvesἑαυτοὺςhe'autousG1438with themselvesἑαυτοῖςhe'autoisG1438,they are withoutG3756understandingσυνιᾶσιν.suniasinG4920.

13But we will not boastκαυχησόμεθαkauchēsomethaG2744beyondεἰςeisG1519 G280ourmeasureἄμετραametraG280, butwithinκατὰkataG2596the measureμέτρονmetronG3358of the sphereκανόνοςkanonosG2583whichοὗhouG3739GodθεὸςtheosG2316apportionedἐμέρισενemerisenG3307to us as a measureμέτρουmetrouG3358,to reachἐφικέσθαιephikesthaiG2185evenκαὶkaiG2532as farἄχριachriG891as you.

14For we are not overextendingὑπερεκτείνομενhuperekteinomenG5239ourselvesἑαυτούς·he'autousG1438,as ifὡςhōsG5613we did not reachἐφικνούμενοιephiknoumenoiG2185to you, forwe were the firstG5348to comeG5348evenκαὶkaiG2532as farἄχριachriG891as you in thegospelεὐαγγελίῳeuangeliōG2098of ChristΧριστοῦ·ChristouG5547;

15not boastingκαυχώμενοιkauchōmenoiG2744beyondεἰςeisG1519 G280ourmeasureἄμετραametraG280, that is, inotherἀλλοτρίοιςallotrioisG245men’sG245laborsκόποις,kopoisG2873,but with the hopeἐλπίδαelpidaG1680that asyour faithπίστεωςpisteōsG4102growsαὐξανομένηςauxanomenēsG837, we will be,withinκατὰkataG2596our sphereκανόναkanonaG2583,enlargedμεγαλυνθῆναιmegalunthēnaiG3170evenεἰςeisG1519moreπερισσείαν,perisseianG4050by you,

16soG1519as topreachG2097the gospelG2097even tothe regions beyondὑπερέκειναhuperekeinaG5238you, andnot to boastκαυχήσασθαι.kauchēsasthaiG2744in whatG2092has been accomplishedG2092in the sphereκανόνιkanoniG2583of anotherἀλλοτρίῳallotriōG245.

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