2 Corinthians 10

Now I Paul myself ^abeseech you by the ^aameekness and ^bgentleness of Christ, ^cwho ^din presence am ^ddbase among you, but being absent am bold toward you: ²but 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. ³For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war ^gafter the flesh: ⁴(for ^hthe ⁱweapons of our ^kwarfare are not carnal, but ^lmighty through God ^mto the ⁿpulling down of ^ostrong holds;) ^5pcasting down imaginations, and ^qevery high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every ^rthought to ^sthe obedience of Christ; ⁶and ^ehaving in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, ^twhen your obedience is fulfilled.

^7uDo ye look on things after the outward appearance? ^vIf any man trust to himself that he is Christ’s, let him of himself think this again, that, as ^whe is Christ’s, even so are ^xwe Christ’s. ⁸For though I should ^yboast somewhat more of ^zour authority, which the Lord hath given us for ^zzedification, and not for your ⁿdestruction, ^aI should not be ashamed: ⁹that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters. ¹⁰For his letters, say they, are ^bweighty and powerful; but ^chis bodily presence is weak, and ^dhis speech contemptible. ¹¹Let such a one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.

¹²For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or ^ecompare ourselves with some that ^fcommend themselves: but ^gthey measuring themselves by themselves, and ^ecomparing themselves amongst themselves, are not wise. ¹³But we will not ^hboast of things without our measure, but according to ⁱthe measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you. ¹⁴For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not unto you: for ^kwe are ^lcome as far as to you also in preaching the gospel of Christ: ¹⁵not ^hboasting of things without our measure, that is, ^mof other men’s labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly, ¹⁶to preach the gospel in the regions beyond you, and not to boast ^min another man’s line of things made ready to our hand. ¹⁷But ⁿhe that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. ¹⁸For ^gnot he that ^fcommendeth himself is ^oapproved, but ^pwhom the Lord commendeth.

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