Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
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.
And
I,
Paul,
myself,
do
call
upon
you
--
through
the meekness
and gentleness of the
Christ --
who
in
presence
, indeed
`am'
humble
among
you, and
being
absent
, have
courage
toward
you,
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 .
and
I beseech
`
you ',
that ,
being
present,
I may not have
courage,
with
the
confidence
with
which
I
reckon
to be bold against
certain
reckoning
us
as walking
according to the flesh ;
For though
we
live
in the flesh, we
do
not wage
war
according to the flesh .
for walking
in the flesh, not according to the flesh do
we
war,
The weapons of our warfare are not the
weapons
of
the
world.
Instead
, they
have
divine
power
to demolish
strongholds .
for
the weapons of our warfare `
are '
not fleshly
, but
powerful
to God
for
bringing
down
of
strongholds ,
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 .
reasonings
bringing
down ,
and every high
thing
lifted
up against the knowledge of God ,
and bringing
into
captivity
every thought to the
obedience
of
the
Christ ,
And we
will
be
ready
to punish
every act
of
disobedience, as
soon
as
your obedience is
complete
.
and being
in
readiness
to avenge
every disobedience, whenever
your obedience may
be
fulfilled
.
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.
The
things
in
presence
do
ye
see?
if any
one
hath
trusted
in
himself
to be
Christ's
, this
let
him
reckon
again
from
himself ,
that according
as he is
Christ's,
so
also
we
`are'
Christ's;
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 even if also
anything
more
abundantly
I shall
boast concerning
our
authority ,
that
the Lord gave us for building up ,
and
not
for
casting
you down, I shall
not be ashamed ;
I do
not want
to
seem to
be
trying
to
frighten
you by
my
letters .
that
I may
not seem as
if
I
would
terrify
you through
the
letters ,
For
some
say,
“His
letters are weighty and forceful
, but
his
physical
presence is
unimpressive
, and his
speaking
is
of
no
account
. ”
`because
the
letters indeed
--
saith
one
--
`
are '
weighty and strong
, and
the
bodily
presence weak
, and the
speech
despicable
. '
Such
people
should
consider
that what
we are in our
letters when
absent, we will
be
in our
actions
when
present
.
This
one
--
let
him
reckon
thus:
that such
as
we are in word,
through
letters ,
being
absent, such
also,
being
present,
`
we are'
in deed
.
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 do not make
bold
to rank
or to
compare ourselves with certain
of
those
commending
themselves ,
but
they ,
among
themselves measuring
themselves ,
and comparing
themselves with themselves, are
not
wise,
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 .
and
we in
regard
to
the
unmeasured
things
will not boast ourselves
, but after
the measure
of the
line
that the
God of
measure
did
appoint
to us --
to reach
even
unto
you ;
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
not as not reaching
to you do
we stretch
ourselves
overmuch,
for
even
unto
you did
we
come
in
the good
news
of the
Christ ,
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
,
not
boasting
of the
things
not
measured,
in
other
men's
labours,
and
having
hope --
your faith increasing
--
in
you
to
be
enlarged
, according
to
our line
--
into
abundance
,
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.
in the `places'
beyond you to
proclaim
good
news,
not in another's
line
in regard
to
the
things
made
ready,
to
boast;
Rather,
“Let
him
who boasts
boast
in the Lord .”
and
he
who is
boasting
--
in the Lord let
him
boast;
For it
is
not the
one
who commends
himself who
is approved, but the
one
whom the Lord commends
.
for not he
who is
commending
himself is approved, but he
whom the Lord doth
commend
.
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