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2 Corinthians 10

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2 Corinthians 10:8-16

8For evenG5037 ifG1437 1I boastG2744 somewhatG5100 2furtherG4053 aboutG4012 our 3authorityG1849, whichG3739 the LordG2962 gaveG1325 for buildingG3619 you up and not for destroyingG2506 you, I will not be putG153 to shameG153, 94for I do not wish to seemG1380 as ifG302 I would terrifyG1629 you by my lettersG1992. 10For they sayG5346, “His lettersG1992 are weightyG926 and strongG2478, but his 5personalG4983 presenceG3952 is 6unimpressiveG772 and 7his speechG3056 contemptibleG1848.” 11Let suchG5108 a personG5108 considerG3049 thisG3778, that whatG3634 we are in wordG3056 by lettersG1992 when absentG548, suchG5108 personsG5108 we are alsoG2532 in deedG2041 when presentG3918.

12For we are not boldG5111 to classG1469 orG2228 compareG4793 ourselvesG1438 with 8someG5100 of thoseG3588 who 9commendG4921 themselvesG1438; but when they measureG3354 themselvesG1438 by themselvesG1438 and compareG4793 themselvesG1438 with themselvesG1438, they are withoutG3756 understandingG4920. 13But we will not boastG2744 10beyondG1519G280 our measureG280, but 1112withinG2596 the measureG3358 of the sphereG2583 whichG3739 GodG2316 apportionedG3307 to us as a measureG3358, to reachG2185 evenG2532 as farG891 as you. 14For we are not overextendingG5239 ourselvesG1438, as ifG5613 we did not reachG2185 to you, for 13we were the firstG5348 to comeG5348 evenG2532 as farG891 as you in the 14gospelG2098 of ChristG5547; 15not boastingG2744 15beyondG1519G280 our measureG280, that is, in 16otherG245 men’sG245 laborsG2873, but with the hopeG1680 that as 17your faithG4102 growsG837, we will be, 18withinG2596 our sphereG2583, 19enlargedG3170 evenG1519 moreG4050 by you, 16soG1519 as to 20preachG2097 the gospelG2097 even to 21the regions beyondG5238 you, and not to boastG2744 2223in whatG2092 has been accomplishedG2092 in the sphereG2583 of anotherG245.

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Notes

  1. 1. 2 Corinthians 10:8 2 Cor 7:4 ↩
  2. 2. 2 Corinthians 10:8 Or more abundantly ↩
  3. 3. 2 Corinthians 10:8 2 Cor 13:10 ↩
  4. 4. 2 Corinthians 10:9 Lit so that I may not seem ↩
  5. 5. 2 Corinthians 10:10 Lit bodily presence is weak ↩
  6. 6. 2 Corinthians 10:10 1 Cor 2:3; 2 Cor 12:7; Gal 4:13f ↩
  7. 7. 2 Corinthians 10:10 1 Cor 1:17; 2 Cor 11:6 ↩
  8. 8. 2 Corinthians 10:12 Or any ↩
  9. 9. 2 Corinthians 10:12 2 Cor 3:1; 10:18 ↩
  10. 10. 2 Corinthians 10:13 2 Cor 10:15 ↩
  11. 11. 2 Corinthians 10:13 Lit according to the measure ↩
  12. 12. 2 Corinthians 10:13 Rom 12:3; 2 Cor 10:15f ↩
  13. 13. 2 Corinthians 10:14 1 Cor 3:6 ↩
  14. 14. 2 Corinthians 10:14 2 Cor 2:12 ↩
  15. 15. 2 Corinthians 10:15 2 Cor 10:13 ↩
  16. 16. 2 Corinthians 10:15 Rom 15:20 ↩
  17. 17. 2 Corinthians 10:15 2 Thess 1:3 ↩
  18. 18. 2 Corinthians 10:15 Lit according to our sphere ↩
  19. 19. 2 Corinthians 10:15 Acts 5:13 ↩
  20. 20. 2 Corinthians 10:16 2 Cor 11:7 ↩
  21. 21. 2 Corinthians 10:16 Acts 19:21 ↩
  22. 22. 2 Corinthians 10:16 Lit to the things prepared in the ↩
  23. 23. 2 Corinthians 10:16 Rom 15:20 ↩

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