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2 Corinthians 10

New American Standard Bible 2020

Paul Confronts the Corinthians

1NowG1161 1I, PaulG3972, myselfG846 2urgeG3870 you by the 3meeknessG4240 and gentlenessG1932 of ChristG5547--I whoG3739 4am 5meekG5011 when faceG4383 to faceG4383 with you, but boldG2292 towardG1519 you when absentG548! 2I askG1189 that 6when I am presentG3918 I need not be boldG2292 with the confidenceG4006 with whichG3739 I intendG3049 to beG5111 courageousG5111 againstG1909 7someG5100, who regardG3049 us as ifG5613 we walkedG4043 8accordingG2596 to the fleshG4561. 3For though we walkG4043 in the fleshG4561, we do not wageG4754 battleG4754 9accordingG2596 to the fleshG4561, 4for the 10weaponsG3696 of our warfareG4752 are not of the fleshG4559, but 11divinelyG2316 powerfulG1415 12for the destructionG2506 of fortressesG3794. 5We are destroyingG2507 argumentsG3053 and allG3956 13arroganceG5313 raisedG1869 againstG2596 the knowledgeG1108 of GodG2316, and we are takingG163 everyG3956 thoughtG3540 captiveG163 to the 14obedienceG5218 of ChristG5547, 6and we are readyG2092 to punishG1556 allG3956 disobedienceG3876, wheneverG3752 15your obedienceG5218 is completeG4137.

71617You are lookingG991 at 18things as they are outwardlyG2596G4383. 19IfG1487 anyoneG5100 is confidentG3982 in himselfG1438 that he is Christ’sG5547, have him considerG3049 thisG3778 againG3825 withinG1909 himselfG1438, that justG2531 asG2531 he is Christ’sG5547, 20soG3779 tooG2532 are we. 8For ifG1437 21I boastG2744 somewhatG5100 22moreG4053 aboutG4012 our 23authorityG1849, whichG3739 the LordG2962 gaveG1325 for buildingG3619 you upG3619 and not for destroyingG2506 you, I will not be putG153 toG153 shameG153, 924for I do not want to seemG1380 as ifG302 I would terrifyG1629 you by my lettersG1992. 10For they sayG5346, “His lettersG1992 are weightyG926 and strongG2478, but his 25personalG4983 presenceG3952 is 26unimpressiveG772 and 27his speechG3056 contemptibleG1848.” 11Have suchG5108 aG5108 personG5108 considerG3049 thisG3778, that whatG3634 we are in wordG3056 by lettersG1992 when absentG548, suchG5108 personsG5108 we are alsoG2532 in deedG2041 when presentG3918.

12For we do not presumeG5111 to rankG1469 orG2228 compareG4793 ourselvesG1438 with 28someG5100 of thoseG3588 who 29commendG4921 themselvesG1438; but when they 30measureG3354 themselvesG1438 by themselvesG1438 and compareG4793 themselvesG1438 with themselvesG1438, they haveG4920 noG3756 understandingG4920. 13But we will not boastG2744 31beyondG1519G280 our measureG280, but 3233withinG2596 the measureG3358 of the 34domainG2583 whichG3739 GodG2316 assignedG3307 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 35we were the firstG5348 toG5348 comeG5348 evenG2532 as farG891 as you in the 36gospelG2098 of ChristG5547; 15not boastingG2744 37beyondG1519G280 our measureG280, that is, in 38otherG245 people’sG245 laborsG2873, but with the hopeG1680 that as 39your faithG4102 growsG837, we will be, 40withinG2596 our 41domainG2583, 42enlargedG3170 evenG1519 moreG4050 by you, 16soG1519 as to 43preachG2097 the gospelG2097 even to 44the regionsG5238 beyondG5238 you, and not to boastG2744 4546in whatG2092 has been accomplishedG2092 in the domainG2583 of anotherG245. 17But 47the one who boastsG2744 is to boastG2744 in the LordG2962. 18For it is not the one who 48commendsG4921 himselfG1438 that is approvedG1384, but the one 49whomG3739 the LordG2962 commendsG4921.

Notes

  1. 1. 2 Corinthians 10:1 Gal 5:2; Eph 3:1; Col 1:23 ↩
  2. 2. 2 Corinthians 10:1 Rom 12:1 ↩
  3. 3. 2 Corinthians 10:1 Matt 11:29; 1 Cor 4:21; Phil 4:5 ↩
  4. 4. 2 Corinthians 10:1 1 Cor 2:3f; 2 Cor 10:10 ↩
  5. 5. 2 Corinthians 10:1 Lit lowly ↩
  6. 6. 2 Corinthians 10:2 1 Cor 4:21; 2 Cor 13:2, 10 ↩
  7. 7. 2 Corinthians 10:2 1 Cor 4:18f ↩
  8. 8. 2 Corinthians 10:2 Rom 8:4; 2 Cor 1:17 ↩
  9. 9. 2 Corinthians 10:3 Rom 8:4; 2 Cor 1:17 ↩
  10. 10. 2 Corinthians 10:4 1 Cor 9:7; 2 Cor 6:7; 1 Tim 1:18 ↩
  11. 11. 2 Corinthians 10:4 Or mighty before God ↩
  12. 12. 2 Corinthians 10:4 Jer 1:10; 2 Cor 10:8; 13:10 ↩
  13. 13. 2 Corinthians 10:5 Is 2:11f ↩
  14. 14. 2 Corinthians 10:5 2 Cor 9:13 ↩
  15. 15. 2 Corinthians 10:6 2 Cor 2:9 ↩
  16. 16. 2 Corinthians 10:7 Or Look at... or Do you look at...? ↩
  17. 17. 2 Corinthians 10:7 John 7:24; 2 Cor 5:12 ↩
  18. 18. 2 Corinthians 10:7 Lit what is before your face ↩
  19. 19. 2 Corinthians 10:7 1 Cor 1:12; 14:37 ↩
  20. 20. 2 Corinthians 10:7 1 Cor 9:1; 2 Cor 11:23; Gal 1:12 ↩
  21. 21. 2 Corinthians 10:8 2 Cor 7:4 ↩
  22. 22. 2 Corinthians 10:8 Or more abundantly ↩
  23. 23. 2 Corinthians 10:8 2 Cor 13:10 ↩
  24. 24. 2 Corinthians 10:9 Lit so that I may not seem ↩
  25. 25. 2 Corinthians 10:10 Lit bodily presence is weak ↩
  26. 26. 2 Corinthians 10:10 1 Cor 2:3; 2 Cor 12:7; Gal 4:13f ↩
  27. 27. 2 Corinthians 10:10 1 Cor 1:17; 2 Cor 11:6 ↩
  28. 28. 2 Corinthians 10:12 Or any ↩
  29. 29. 2 Corinthians 10:12 2 Cor 3:1; 10:18 ↩
  30. 30. 2 Corinthians 10:12 I.e., evaluate ↩
  31. 31. 2 Corinthians 10:13 2 Cor 10:15 ↩
  32. 32. 2 Corinthians 10:13 Lit according to the measure ↩
  33. 33. 2 Corinthians 10:13 Rom 12:3; 2 Cor 10:15f ↩
  34. 34. 2 Corinthians 10:13 Or assignment; lit standard ↩
  35. 35. 2 Corinthians 10:14 1 Cor 3:6 ↩
  36. 36. 2 Corinthians 10:14 2 Cor 2:12 ↩
  37. 37. 2 Corinthians 10:15 2 Cor 10:13 ↩
  38. 38. 2 Corinthians 10:15 Rom 15:20 ↩
  39. 39. 2 Corinthians 10:15 2 Thess 1:3 ↩
  40. 40. 2 Corinthians 10:15 Lit according to our ↩
  41. 41. 2 Corinthians 10:15 See note 2 v 13 ↩
  42. 42. 2 Corinthians 10:15 Acts 5:13 ↩
  43. 43. 2 Corinthians 10:16 2 Cor 11:7 ↩
  44. 44. 2 Corinthians 10:16 Acts 19:21 ↩
  45. 45. 2 Corinthians 10:16 Lit to the things prepared in the ↩
  46. 46. 2 Corinthians 10:16 Rom 15:20 ↩
  47. 47. 2 Corinthians 10:17 Jer 9:24; 1 Cor 1:31 ↩
  48. 48. 2 Corinthians 10:18 2 Cor 10:12 ↩
  49. 49. 2 Corinthians 10:18 Rom 2:29; 1 Cor 4:5 ↩

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