{"book":"2 Corinthians","slug":"2-corinthians","ch":10,"genre":"letter","sub":"2 Corinthians","prev":"2-corinthians/9","next":"2-corinthians/11","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"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.","f":[],"h":"Paul’s Apostolic Authority","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"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.","f":[]},{"v":3,"t":"For though we live in [the] flesh, we do not wage war according to [the] flesh.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":4,"t":"The weapons of our warfare [are] not [ the weapons ] of the flesh. Instead, [they have] divine power to demolish strongholds.","f":[]},{"v":5,"t":"We demolish arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.","f":[]},{"v":6,"t":"And we will be ready to punish every [act of] disobedience, as soon as your obedience is complete.","f":[]},{"v":7,"t":"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].","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":8,"t":"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.","f":[]},{"v":9,"t":"I do not want to seem to be [trying] to frighten you by [my] letters.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":10,"t":"For [some] say,“ [His] letters [are] weighty and forceful, but his physical presence [is] unimpressive, and [his] speaking [is] of no account.”","f":[]},{"v":11,"t":"Such [people] should consider that what we are in [our] letters when absent, [we will be] in our actions when present.","f":[]},{"v":12,"t":"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.","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":13,"t":"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.","f":[]},{"v":14,"t":"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.","f":[]},{"v":15,"t":"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 ],","f":[],"style":"reg"},{"v":16,"t":"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.","f":[]},{"v":17,"t":"Rather,“ {Let} him who boasts boast in [the] Lord.”","f":["Jeremiah 9:24"],"style":"reg"},{"v":18,"t":"For it is not the [one] who commends himself [who is] approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.","f":[]}]}