2 Corinthians 10 - New Life Version (NLV)

Paul Proves He Is a Missionary

10 I, Paul, ask you this myself. I do it through Christ Who is so gentle and kind. Some people say that I am gentle and quiet when I am with you, but that I have no fear and that my language is strong when I am away from you. ²Do not make me speak strong words to you when I come. Some people think we want the things of the world because of what we do and say. I have decided to talk to these people if I have to. ³It is true, we live in a body of flesh. But we do not fight like people of the world. ⁴We do not use those things to fight with that the world uses. We use the things God gives to fight with and they have power. Those things God gives to fight with destroy the strong-places of the devil. ⁵We break down every thought and proud thing that puts itself up against the wisdom of God. We take hold of every thought and make it obey Christ. ⁶We are ready to punish those who will not obey as soon as you obey in everything.

⁷You are seeing things only as men see them. If anyone feels sure he belongs to Christ, he should remember that we belong to Christ also. ⁸I am not ashamed if I say this of myself. The Lord gave me the right and the power to help you become stronger, not to break you down. ⁹I do not want you to think I am trying to make you afraid with my letters. ¹⁰They say, “His letters are strong and they make us think. When he is here with us, he is weak and he is hard to listen to.” ¹¹What we say in our letters we will do when we get there. They should understand this. ¹²We do not compare ourselves with those who think they are good. They compare themselves with themselves. They decide what they think is good or bad and compare themselves with those ideas. They are foolish. ¹³But we will not talk with pride more than God allows us to. We will follow the plan of the work He has given us to do and you are a part of that work. ¹⁴We did not go farther than we were supposed to go when we came to you. But we did come to you with the Good News of Christ. ¹⁵We take no pride in the work others have done there. But we hope your faith will keep growing because of help from others. Then we will grow because of you. ¹⁶We hope to preach the Good News in the countries on the other side of you. Then we would take no pride in work done by another person in another country. ¹⁷If anyone wants to be proud, he should be proud of what the Lord has done. ¹⁸It is not what a man thinks and says of himself that is important. It is what God thinks of him.

2 Corinthians 10 - Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

10 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, 2 and I beseech [you], that, being present, I may not have courage, with the confidence with which I reckon to be...
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2 Corinthians 10 - Wycliffe Bible (WYC)

10 And I myself Paul beseech you, by the mildness and softness of Christ[a], which in the face am meek among you, and I absent trust in you. 2 For I pray you, that lest I present be not bold by the trust, in which I am guessed to be bold into some, that deem us, as if we wander after the flesh.[b] ...
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2 Corinthians 10 - Worldwide English (New Testament) (WE)

10 Now I, Paul, beg you to do something since you know that Christ was kind and gentle. You say I am weak when I am face to face with you, but when I am not with you, then I speak to you with hard words. 2 I beg you, do not force me to talk hard words when I come. I have made up my mind to talk hard...
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2 Corinthians 10 - World English Bible (WEB)

10 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 bold toward you. 2 Yes, I beg you that I may not, when present, show courage with the confidence with which I intend to be bold against some, who consider us t...
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2 Corinthians 10 - The Voice (VOICE)

10 I, Paul, appeal to you in the same gentle and loving spirit of the Anointed—yes, I who am humble when I’m face-to-face with you but audacious to you in these letters when I’m away (I know what they say). 2 If it were up to me, I’d rather not have to be so bold when I’m with you, especially with ...
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2 Corinthians 10 - Tree of Life Version (TLV)

Tearing Down Strongholds10 Now I, Paul, appeal myself to you by the meekness and gentleness of Messiah—I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold toward you when far away. 2 I beg of you that when I am present I won’t need to be bold with the courage I consider showing against some who ju...
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2 Corinthians 10 - Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)

Paul Defends His Ministry10 I, Paul, myself entreat you, by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold to you when I am away![a]— 2 I beg of you that when I am present I may not have to show boldness with such confidence as I count on showing against ...
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2 Corinthians 10 - Revised Standard Version (RSV)

Paul Defends His Ministry10 I, Paul, myself entreat you, by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold to you when I am away!— 2 I beg of you that when I am present I may not have to show boldness with such confidence as I count on showing against som...
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2 Corinthians 10 - Revised Geneva Translation (RGT)

10 Now I, Paul, encourage you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ (I, who am lowly when present among you but bold when absent). 2 And I urge you that, when I am present, I need not be bold with the same confidence as that which I think to be bold against some, who think of us as though we walk...
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2 Corinthians 10 - New Testament for Everyone (NTE)

The Battle for the Mind10 Think of the Messiah, meek and gentle; then think of me, Paul – yes, Paul himself! – making his appeal to you. You know what I’m like: I’m humble when I’m face to face with you, but I’m bold when I’m away from you! 2 Please, please don’t put me in the position of having to...
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2 Corinthians 10 - New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)

Paul Defends His Ministry10 I myself, Paul, appeal to you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold toward you when I am away!— 2 I ask that when I am present I need not show boldness by daring to oppose those who think we are acting according to ...
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2 Corinthians 10 - New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition (NRSVACE)

Paul Defends His Ministry10 I myself, Paul, appeal to you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold towards you when I am away!— 2 I ask that when I am present I need not show boldness by daring to oppose those who think we are acting according to...
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2 Corinthians 10 - New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA)

2 Corinthians 10 - New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

Paul Defends His Ministry10 I myself, Paul, appeal to you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am humble when face to face with you but bold toward you when I am away!(A)—2 I ask that when I am present I need not show boldness by daring to oppose those who think we are acting according to ...
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2 Corinthians 10 - New Matthew Bible (NMB)

He refers to the false apostles, and defends his authority and calling. 10 I Paul myself beseech you, by the meekness and softness of Christ – I who when I am present among you am of no reputation, but am bold toward you when absent. 2 I beseech you so that I need not to be bold when I am present (...
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2 Corinthians 10 - New Living Translation (NLT)

Paul Defends His Authority10 Now I, Paul, appeal to you with the gentleness and kindness of Christ—though I realize you think I am timid in person and bold only when I write from far away. 2 Well, I am begging you now so that when I come I won’t have to be bold with those who think we act from human...
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