2 Corinthians 10

1 Myself now I myself Paul exhort you through the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who as to appearance indeed [am] humble among you, being absent however I am bold toward you;

Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Christ; I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am of good courage toward you.

2 I implore [you] now that not being present to be bold with the confidence with which I reckon to be daring toward some those reckoning us as according to flesh walking.

But I implore you that when I am present I may not have to be bold with the confidence with which I intend on showing against some, who consider us to be walking according to the flesh.

3 In flesh for walking not according to flesh do we wage war,

For though we walk in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh;

4 The for weapons of the warfare of us [are] not fleshly but powerful divinely to [the] demolition of strongholds,

for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty in God for the tearing down of strongholds,

5 arguments overthrowing and every high thing lifting itself up against the knowledge of God and taking captive every thought into the obedience of Christ

throwing down imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

6 and in readiness having to avenge all disobedience, when may have been fulfilled your obedience.

and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience will be made full.

7 The [things] according to appearance are you looking. If anyone is persuaded in himself of Christ to be, this he should reckon again (within *N(k)O*) himself that even as he [is] of Christ, so also [are] we ourselves (of Christ. *k*)

Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ's, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ's, so also we are Christ's.

8 If even for (and *k*) more excessive somewhat I shall boast concerning the authority of us which has given the Lord (to us *k*) for building [you] up and not for tearing down you, not I will be ashamed;

For though I should boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down) I will not be disappointed,

9 that not [I] may seem as if to frighten you through the letters.

that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters.

10 For the letters indeed they say [are] weighty and strong, however the presence of the body weak and the speech ignored.

For, "His letters," they say, "are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised."

11 This should realise type of [person] that such as we are in word through letters being absent, such [we are] also being present in action.

Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such are we also in deed when we are present.

12 Not for dare we to classify or to compare ourselves [with] some themselves commending; but these by themselves themselves measuring and comparing themselves with themselves not understand.

For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.

13 We ourselves however (not *N(k)O*) into the [things] beyond measure will boast but according to the measure of the area that has assigned to us God a measure to reach as far as also you.

But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.

14 Not for as not reaching to you we are overextending ourselves; as far as for also you we came in the gospel of Christ;

For we do not stretch ourselves too much, as though we did not reach to you. For we came even as far as to you with the Good News of Christ,

15 not to the [things] beyond measure boasting in others’ labors, hope however having increasing the faith of you among you to be enlarged according to the area of us to excess,

not boasting excessively in the work done by others, but having hope that as your faith grows, we will be abundantly enlarged by you in our sphere of influence,

16 so as that beyond you to evangelise, not in another’s area in [things] ready to boast.

so as to preach the Good News even to the regions beyond you, not to boast in what someone else has already done.

17 The [one] however boasting in [the] Lord he should boast;

But "he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord."

18 Not for the [one] himself commending, this [one] is approved, but [the one] whom the Lord commends.

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