New American Standard Bible 2020

2 Corinthians 10:7-18

7 1 2You are lookingG991 at 3things as they are outwardlyG2596 G4383. 4IfG1487 anyoneG5100 is confidentG3982 in himselfG1438 that he is Christ’sG5547, have him considerG3049 thisG3778 againG3825 withinG1909 himselfG1438, that justG2531 asG2531 he is Christ’sG5547, 5soG3779 tooG2532 are we. 8For ifG1437 6I boastG2744 somewhatG5100 7moreG4053 aboutG4012 our 8authorityG1849, whichG3739 the LordG2962 gaveG1325 for buildingG3619 you upG3619 and not for destroyingG2506 you, I will not be putG153 toG153 shameG153, 9 9for 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 10personalG4983 presenceG3952 is 11unimpressiveG772 and 12his 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 13someG5100 of thoseG3588 who 14commendG4921 themselvesG1438; but when they 15measureG3354 themselvesG1438 by themselvesG1438 and compareG4793 themselvesG1438 with themselvesG1438, they haveG4920 noG3756 understandingG4920. 13But we will not boastG2744 16beyondG1519 G280 our measureG280, but 17 18withinG2596 the measureG3358 of the 19domainG2583 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 20we were the firstG5348 toG5348 comeG5348 evenG2532 as farG891 as you in the 21gospelG2098 of ChristG5547; 15not boastingG2744 22beyondG1519 G280 our measureG280, that is, in 23otherG245 people’sG245 laborsG2873, but with the hopeG1680 that as 24your faithG4102 growsG837, we will be, 25withinG2596 our 26domainG2583, 27enlargedG3170 evenG1519 moreG4050 by you, 16soG1519 as to 28preachG2097 the gospelG2097 even to 29the regionsG5238 beyondG5238 you, and not to boastG2744 30 31in whatG2092 has been accomplishedG2092 in the domainG2583 of anotherG245. 17But 32the one who boastsG2744 is to boastG2744 in the LordG2962. 18For it is not the one who 33commendsG4921 himselfG1438 that is approvedG1384, but the one 34whomG3739 the LordG2962 commendsG4921.

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Notes

1. 2 Corinthians 10:7 Or Look at... or Do you look at...? ↩
2. 2 Corinthians 10:7 John 7:24; 2 Cor 5:12 ↩
3. 2 Corinthians 10:7 Lit what is before your face ↩
4. 2 Corinthians 10:7 1 Cor 1:12; 14:37 ↩
5. 2 Corinthians 10:7 1 Cor 9:1; 2 Cor 11:23; Gal 1:12 ↩
6. 2 Corinthians 10:8 2 Cor 7:4 ↩
7. 2 Corinthians 10:8 Or more abundantly ↩
8. 2 Corinthians 10:8 2 Cor 13:10 ↩
9. 2 Corinthians 10:9 Lit so that I may not seem ↩
10. 2 Corinthians 10:10 Lit bodily presence is weak ↩
11. 2 Corinthians 10:10 1 Cor 2:3; 2 Cor 12:7; Gal 4:13f ↩
12. 2 Corinthians 10:10 1 Cor 1:17; 2 Cor 11:6 ↩
13. 2 Corinthians 10:12 Or any ↩
14. 2 Corinthians 10:12 2 Cor 3:1; 10:18 ↩
15. 2 Corinthians 10:12 I.e., evaluate ↩
16. 2 Corinthians 10:13 2 Cor 10:15 ↩
17. 2 Corinthians 10:13 Lit according to the measure ↩
18. 2 Corinthians 10:13 Rom 12:3; 2 Cor 10:15f ↩
19. 2 Corinthians 10:13 Or assignment; lit standard ↩
20. 2 Corinthians 10:14 1 Cor 3:6 ↩
21. 2 Corinthians 10:14 2 Cor 2:12 ↩
22. 2 Corinthians 10:15 2 Cor 10:13 ↩
23. 2 Corinthians 10:15 Rom 15:20 ↩
24. 2 Corinthians 10:15 2 Thess 1:3 ↩
25. 2 Corinthians 10:15 Lit according to our ↩
26. 2 Corinthians 10:15 See note 2 v 13 ↩
27. 2 Corinthians 10:15 Acts 5:13 ↩
28. 2 Corinthians 10:16 2 Cor 11:7 ↩
29. 2 Corinthians 10:16 Acts 19:21 ↩
30. 2 Corinthians 10:16 Lit to the things prepared in the ↩
31. 2 Corinthians 10:16 Rom 15:20 ↩
32. 2 Corinthians 10:17 Jer 9:24; 1 Cor 1:31 ↩
33. 2 Corinthians 10:18 2 Cor 10:12 ↩
34. 2 Corinthians 10:18 Rom 2:29; 1 Cor 4:5 ↩

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