2 Corinthians 10

1 Now by the mildness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am humble when face to face with you, but bold when away.

BUT I Paulos beseech of you by the peacefulness and humility of the Meshiha, (I) who also in presence am humble with you, but while far off am confident over you,

2 I beg you that when I come I may not need to be as bold as I expect toward those who presume that we live according to the flesh.

beseech of you, that when I come I may not be constrained with the confidence I have to be bold, as I think, over those men who imagine that we walk in the flesh.

3 For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.

For if we walk in the flesh, yet we war not according to the flesh.

4 The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

For the armour of our warfare is not of the flesh, but of the power of Aloha; and by it we cast down the strong-holds of rebels,

5 We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

and demolish reasonings and every lofty thing that is exalted against the knowledge of Aloha, and captivate all thoughts unto the obedience of the Meshiha.

6 And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, as soon as your obedience is complete.

And we are prepared to execute the punishment of those who obey not, when your obedience shall be fulfilled.

7 You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should remind himself that we belong to Christ just as much as he does.

Do we regard persons? If any man confide in himself that he is of the Meshiha, let this one know of himself, that as he is of the Meshiha, so also are we.

8 For even if I boast somewhat excessively about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up rather than tearing you down, I will not be ashamed.

For if I should boast somewhat more of the authority which our Lord hath given me, I should not blush; because for your edification he gave it to me, and not for your destruction.

9 I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you by my letters.

But I insist not, that I may not be considered as one who would terrify you by my epistles.

10 For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”

For there are men who say, His epistles are weighty and forcible; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

11 Such people should consider that what we are in our letters when absent, we will be in our actions when present.

But he who after this manner speaks, shall conclude that what we are by the word of our epistle when absent, so are we in the deed when we are present.

12 We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they show their ignorance.

For we dare not value or compare ourselves with those who glorify themselves; but because they compare themselves with themselves, they do not understand.

13 We, however, will not boast beyond our limits, but only within the field of influence that God has assigned to us—a field that reaches even to you.

For we do not boast beyond our measure, but in the measure of the boundary which Aloha hath apportioned to us, that we might come also unto you.

14 We are not overstepping our bounds, as if we had not come to you. Indeed, we were the first to reach you with the gospel of Christ.

For it is not as not reaching to you we extend ourselves; for unto you we come with the gospel of the Meshiha.

15 Neither do we boast beyond our limits in the labors of others. But we hope that as your faith increases, our area of influence among you will greatly increase as well,

Neither boast we beyond our measure in the labour of others; but we have hope, that with the increase of your faith, we shall be enlarged according to our measure;

16 so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. Then we will not be boasting in the work already done in another man’s territory.

and be progressive also beyond you to evangelize. Not as within the measure of others in the things that are prepared will we glory.

17 Rather, “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”

But let him who glorieth glory in the Lord.

18 For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.

For it is not he who glorifieth himself who is approved, but he who is glorified of the Lord.