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.

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Footnotes

ech. 13:2, 10. See 1 Cor. 4:21.
||Or, reckon. ch. 11:5 (Gk.). & 12:6. See Rom. 4:4. So ver. 7, 11.
||Or, reckon. ch. 11:5 (Gk.). & 12:6. See Rom. 4:4. So ver. 7, 11.
gSee ch. 1:17.

Cross references

f 1 Cor. 4:18.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

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.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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 living according to the flesh.

NLTNew Living Translation

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.