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2 Corinthians 10:2

But I beseech you, ethat I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I ||think to be bold against fsome, which ||think of us as if we walked gaccording to the flesh.

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2 Corinthians 10:2 — The New International Version (NIV)

I beg you that when I come I may not have to be as bold as I expect to be toward some people who think that we live by the standards of this world.

2 Corinthians 10:2 — English Standard Version (ESV)

I beg of you that when I am present I may not have to show boldness with such confidence as I count on showing against some who suspect us of walking according to the flesh.

2 Corinthians 10:2 — New Living Translation (NLT)

Well, I am begging you now so that when I come I won’t have to be bold with those who think we act from human motives.

2 Corinthians 10:2 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

But I beg you that when I am present I may not be bold with that confidence by which I intend to be bold against some, who think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

2 Corinthians 10:2 — New Century Version (NCV)

They think we live in a worldly way, and I plan to be very bold with them when I come. I beg you that when I come I will not need to use that same boldness with you.

2 Corinthians 10:2 — American Standard Version (ASV)

yea, I beseech you, that I may not when present show courage with the confidence wherewith I count to be bold against some, who count of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

2 Corinthians 10:2 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

but I beseech that present I may not be bold with the confidence with which I think to be daring towards some who think of us as walking according to flesh.

2 Corinthians 10:2 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

I beg you that when I am with you I won’t have to deal forcefully with you. I expect I will have to because some people think that we are only guided by human motives.

2 Corinthians 10:2 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

I beg you that when I am present I will not need to be bold with the confidence by which I plan to challenge certain people who think we are behaving in an unspiritual way.

2 Corinthians 10:2 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

I ask that when I am present I need not show boldness by daring to oppose those who think we are acting according to human standards.

2 Corinthians 10:2 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

now I ask when I am present that I will not need to be bold with the confidence with which I propose to show boldness toward some who consider us as behaving according to the flesh.

2 Corinthians 10:2 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

I beg you that when I come I won’t have to be as bold as I expect to be toward some people. They think that I live the way the people of this world live.

2 Corinthians 10:2 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

I ask that when I am present I need not be bold with the confidence with which I propose to be courageous against some, who regard us as if we walked according to the flesh.


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