2 Corinthians 10 - New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB1995)

Paul Describes Himself

10 Now (A)I, Paul, myself (B)urge you by the (C)meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who (D)am [a]meek when face to face with you, but bold toward you when absent! 2 I ask that (E)when I am present I need not be bold with the confidence with which I propose to be courageous against (F)some, who regard us as if we walked (G)according to the flesh. 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war (H)according to the flesh, 4 for the (I)weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but [b]divinely powerful (J)for the destruction of fortresses. 5 We are destroying speculations and every (K)lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the (L)obedience of Christ, 6 and we are ready to punish all disobedience, whenever (M)your obedience is complete.

7 [c](N)You are looking at [d]things as they are outwardly. (O)If anyone is confident in himself that he is Christ’s, let him consider this again within himself, that just as he is Christ’s, (P)so also are we. 8 For even if (Q)I boast somewhat [e]further about our (R)authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you, I will not be put to shame, 9 [f]for I do not wish to seem as if I would terrify you by my letters. 10 For they say, “His letters are weighty and strong, but his [g]personal presence is (S)unimpressive and (T)his speech contemptible.” 11 Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when absent, such persons we are also in deed when present.

12 For we are not bold to class or compare ourselves with [h]some of those who (U)commend themselves; but when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are without understanding. 13 But we will not boast (V)beyond our measure, but [i](W)within the measure of the sphere which God apportioned to us as a measure, to reach even as far as you. 14 For we are not overextending ourselves, as if we did not reach to you, for (X)we were the first to come even as far as you in the (Y)gospel of Christ; 15 not boasting (Z)beyond our measure, that is, in (AA)other men’s labors, but with the hope that as (AB)your faith grows, we will be, [j]within our sphere, (AC)enlarged even more by you, 16 so as to (AD)preach the gospel even to (AE)the regions beyond you, and not to boast [k](AF)in what has been accomplished in the sphere of another. 17 But (AG)he who boasts is to boast in the Lord. 18 For it is not he who (AH)commends himself that is approved, but he (AI)whom the Lord commends.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 10:1 Lit lowly
  2. 2 Corinthians 10:4 Or mighty before God
  3. 2 Corinthians 10:7 Or Look at... or Do you look at...?
  4. 2 Corinthians 10:7 Lit what is before your face
  5. 2 Corinthians 10:8 Or more abundantly
  6. 2 Corinthians 10:9 Lit so that I may not seem
  7. 2 Corinthians 10:10 Lit bodily presence is weak
  8. 2 Corinthians 10:12 Or any
  9. 2 Corinthians 10:13 Lit according to the measure
  10. 2 Corinthians 10:15 Lit according to our sphere
  11. 2 Corinthians 10:16 Lit to the things prepared in the

Cross references

  1. 2 Corinthians 10:1 : Gal 5:2; Eph 3:1; Col 1:23
  2. 2 Corinthians 10:1 : Rom 12:1
  3. 2 Corinthians 10:1 : Matt 11:29; 1 Cor 4:21; Phil 4:5
  4. 2 Corinthians 10:1 : 1 Cor 2:3f; 2 Cor 10:10
  5. 2 Corinthians 10:2 : 1 Cor 4:21; 2 Cor 13:2, 10
  6. 2 Corinthians 10:2 : 1 Cor 4:18f
  7. 2 Corinthians 10:2 : Rom 8:4; 2 Cor 1:17
  8. 2 Corinthians 10:3 : Rom 8:4; 2 Cor 1:17
  9. 2 Corinthians 10:4 : 1 Cor 9:7; 2 Cor 6:7; 1 Tim 1:18
  10. 2 Corinthians 10:4 : Jer 1:10; 2 Cor 10:8; 13:10
  11. 2 Corinthians 10:5 : Is 2:11f
  12. 2 Corinthians 10:5 : 2 Cor 9:13
  13. 2 Corinthians 10:6 : 2 Cor 2:9
  14. 2 Corinthians 10:7 : John 7:24; 2 Cor 5:12
  15. 2 Corinthians 10:7 : 1 Cor 1:12; 14:37
  16. 2 Corinthians 10:7 : 1 Cor 9:1; 2 Cor 11:23; Gal 1:12
  17. 2 Corinthians 10:8 : 2 Cor 7:4
  18. 2 Corinthians 10:8 : 2 Cor 13:10
  19. 2 Corinthians 10:10 : 1 Cor 2:3; 2 Cor 12:7; Gal 4:13f
  20. 2 Corinthians 10:10 : 1 Cor 1:17; 2 Cor 11:6
  21. 2 Corinthians 10:12 : 2 Cor 3:1; 10:18
  22. 2 Corinthians 10:13 : 2 Cor 10:15
  23. 2 Corinthians 10:13 : Rom 12:3; 2 Cor 10:15f
  24. 2 Corinthians 10:14 : 1 Cor 3:6
  25. 2 Corinthians 10:14 : 2 Cor 2:12
  26. 2 Corinthians 10:15 : 2 Cor 10:13
  27. 2 Corinthians 10:15 : Rom 15:20
  28. 2 Corinthians 10:15 : 2 Thess 1:3
  29. 2 Corinthians 10:15 : Acts 5:13
  30. 2 Corinthians 10:16 : 2 Cor 11:7
  31. 2 Corinthians 10:16 : Acts 19:21
  32. 2 Corinthians 10:16 : Rom 15:20
  33. 2 Corinthians 10:17 : Jer 9:24; 1 Cor 1:31
  34. 2 Corinthians 10:18 : 2 Cor 10:12
  35. 2 Corinthians 10:18 : Rom 2:29; 1 Cor 4:5

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