2 Corinthians 10

1 Now I Paul myself beseech you, by the mildness and modesty of Christ, who in presence indeed am lowly among you, but being absent, am bold toward you.

But I myself, Paul, entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of the Christ, who, as to appearance, [when present] [am] mean among you, but absent am bold towards you;

2 But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present, with that confidence wherewith I am thought to be bold, against some, who reckon us as if we walked according to the flesh.

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.

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

For walking in flesh, we do not war according to flesh.

4 For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty to God unto the pulling down of fortifications, destroying counsels,

For the arms of our warfare [are] not fleshly, but powerful according to God to [the] overthrow of strongholds;

5 And every height that exhalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every understanding unto the obedience of Christ;

overthrowing reasonings and every high thing that lifts itself up against the knowledge of God, and leading captive every thought into the obedience of the Christ;

6 And having in readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience shall be fulfilled.

and having in readiness to avenge all disobedience when your obedience shall have been fulfilled.

7 See the things that are according to outward appearance. If any man trust to himself, that he is Christ’s, let him think this again with himself, that as he is Christ’s, so are we also.

Do ye look at what concerns appearance? If any one has confidence in himself that he is of Christ, let him think this again in himself, that even as he [is] of Christ, so also [are] we.

8 For if also I should boast somewhat more of our power, which the Lord hath given us unto edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed.

For and if I should boast even somewhat more abundantly of our authority, which the Lord has given [to us] for building up and not for your overthrowing, I shall not be put to shame;

9 But that I may not be thought as it were to terrify you by epistles,

that I may not seem as if I was frightening you by letters:

10 (For his epistles indeed, say they, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible, )

because his letters, he says, [are] weighty and strong, but his presence in the body weak, and his speech naught.

11 Let such a one think this, that such as we are in word by epistles, when absent, such also we will be indeed when present.

Let such a one think this, that such as we are in word by letters [when] absent, such also present in deed.

12 For we dare not match, or compare ourselves with some, that commend themselves; but we measure ourselves by ourselves, and compare ourselves with ourselves.

For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves; but these, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are not intelligent.

13 But we will not glory beyond our measure; but according to the measure of the rule, which God hath measured to us, a measure to reach even unto you.

Now we will not boast out of measure, but according to the measure of the rule which the God of measure has apportioned to us, to reach to you also.

14 For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as if we reached not unto you. For we are come as far as to you in the gospel of Christ.

For we do not, as not reaching to you, overstretch ourselves, (for we have come to you also in the glad tidings of the Christ; )

15 Not glorying beyond measure in other men’s labours; but having hope of your increasing faith, to be magnified in you according to our rule abundantly;

not boasting out of measure in other people's labours, but having hope, your faith increasing, to be enlarged amongst you, according to our rule, yet more abundantly

16 Yea, unto those places that are beyond you, to preach the gospel, not to glory in another man’s rule, in those things that are made ready to our hand.

to announce the glad tidings to that [which is] beyond you, not to be boasting in another's rule of things made ready to hand.

17 But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

But he that boasts, let him boast in the Lord.

18 For not he who commendeth himself, is approved, but he, whom God commendeth.

For not he that commends himself is approved, but whom the Lord commends.