2 Corinthians 10
1 And Y my silf Poul biseche you, bi the myldenesse and softnesse of Crist, which in the face am meke among you, and Y absent triste in you.
Now I Paul myself entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who indeed am lowly in presence among you, but am bold toward you when absent.
2 For Y preie you, that lest Y present be not bold bi the trist, in which Y am gessid to be bold in to summe, that demen vs, as if we wandren aftir the fleisch.
But I pray not to be bold when present with the confidence by which I consider to be valiant toward some who consider us as walking according to flesh.
3 For we walkynge in fleisch, fiyten not aftir the fleisch.
For though walking in flesh, we do not war according to flesh.
4 For the armuris of oure knyythod ben not fleischli, but myyti bi God to the distruccioun of strengthis. And we distrien counsels,
For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty in God for the demolition of strongholds,
5 and alle hiynesse that hiyeth it silf ayens the science of God, and dryuen `in to caitifte al vndirstonding in to the seruyce of Crist.
casting down imaginations, and every high thing exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought captive into the obedience of the Christ,
6 And we han redi to venge al vnobedience, whanne youre obedience schal be fillid.
and having in readiness to avenge every disobedience, whenever your obedience is fulfilled.
7 Se ye the thingis that ben after the face. If ony man trustith to him silf, that he is of Crist, thenke he this thing eft anentis hym silf,
Do ye look at things according to appearance. If any man has convinced himself to be of Christ, let him consider this again of himself, that, as he is of Christ, so also are we of Christ.
8 for as he is Cristis, so also we. For if Y schal glorie ony thing more of oure power, which the Lord yaf to vs in to edifiyng, and not in to youre distruccioun, Y schal not be schamed.
For even if I also should boast somewhat more abundantly about our authority (which the Lord gave us for building up and not for tearing you down), I will not be shamed,
9 But that Y be not gessid as to fere you bi epistlis,
so that I would not seem as if to terrify you by the letters.
10 for thei seien, That epistlis ben greuouse and stronge, but the presence of the bodi is feble, and the word worthi to be dispisid.
Because, The letters, he says, are indeed weighty and powerful, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is disdained.
11 He that is suche oon, thenke this, for suche as we absent ben in word bi pistlis, suche we ben present in dede.
Let such a man think this, that such kind we are in word by letters when absent, we are also such kind when present in the work.
12 For we doren not putte vs among, or comparisoune vs to summen, that comenden hem silf; but we mesuren vs in vs silf, and comparisounen vs silf to vs.
For we dare not classify or compare ourselves to some of those who commend themselves. But they, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves to themselves, do not understand.
13 For we schulen not haue glorie ouer mesure, but bi the mesure of the reule which God mesuride to vs, the mesure that stretchith to you.
But we will not boast in things immeasurable, but according to the measure of the standard that God apportioned to us, of a measure to reach even as far as you.
14 For we ouerstretchen not forth vs, as not stretchinge to you. For to you we camen in the gospel of Crist,
For it is not as not reaching for you. We overextend ourselves. For we even reached as far as you in the good news of the Christ,
15 not gloriynge ouer mesure in othere mennus trauelis. For we `han hope of youre feith that wexith in you to be magnefied bi oure reule in abundaunce,
not boasting in things immeasurable, in other men's labors, but having hope of your faith growing in you to be enlarged according to our measure for abundance,
16 also to preche in to tho thingis that ben biyendis you, not to haue glorie in othere mennus reule, in these thingis that ben maad redi.
in order to preach the good news beyond you, not to boast in another measure, in things prepared.
17 He that glorieth, haue glorie in the Lord.
But he who boasts should boast in the Lord.
18 For not he that comendith hym silf is preuyd, but whom God comendith.
For he who commends himself, that man is not approved, but whom the Lord commends.
