1Now[G1161]I[G1473]Paul[G3972]myself[G846]beseech[G3870]you[G5209]by[G1223] the meekness[G4236]and[G2532]gentleness[G1932] of Christ[G5547], who[G3739]in[G2596]presence[G4383] am base[G3303]among[G1722]you[G5213], but[G1161] being absent[G548] am bold[G2292]toward[G1519]you[G5213]:
2But[G1161] I beseech[G1189] you, that I may not[G3361] be bold[G2292] when I am present[G3918] with that confidence[G4006], wherewith[G3739] I think[G3049] to be bold[G5111]against[G1909]some[G5100], which[G3588]think[G3049] of us[G2248]as[G5613] if we walked[G4043]according[G2596] to the flesh[G4561].
3For[G1063] though we walk[G4043]in[G1722] the flesh[G4561], we do[G4754]not[G3756]war[G4754]after[G2596] the flesh[G4561]:
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(For[G1063] the weapons[G3696] of our[G2257]warfare[G4752] are not[G3756]carnal[G4559], but[G235]mighty[G1415] through God[G2316]to[G4314] the pulling down[G2506] of strong holds[G3794];)
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Casting down[G2507]imaginations[G3053], and[G2532]every[G3956] high thing[G5313] that exalteth itself[G1869]against[G2596] the knowledge[G1108] of God[G2316], and[G2532] bringing into captivity[G163]every[G3956]thought[G3540]to[G1519] the obedience[G5218] of Christ[G5547];
6And[G2532]having[G2192]in[G1722] a readiness[G2092] to revenge[G1556]all[G3956]disobedience[G3876], when[G3752]your[G5216]obedience[G5218] is fulfilled[G4137].
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Do ye look on[G991] things after[G2596] the outward appearance?[G4383] If any man[G1536]trust[G3982] to himself[G1438]that[G3754]he[G846]is[G1511] Christ's, let him[G3049]of[G575]himself[G1438]think[G3049]this[G5124]again[G3825], that[G3754], as[G2531]he[G846]is[G1511] Christ's, even[G2532]so[G3779] are we[G2249] Christ's.
8For[G1063]though[G1437] I should[G153]boast[G2744]somewhat[G5100]more[G4055]of[G4012]our[G2257]authority[G1849], which[G3739] the Lord[G2962] hath given[G1325]us[G2254]for[G2532]edification[G3619], and[G2532]not[G3756]for[G1519]your[G5216]destruction[G2506], I should[G153]not[G3756] be ashamed[G153]:
9That[G3363] I may[G1380]not[G3363]seem[G1380]as[G5613]if[G302] I would terrify[G1629]you[G5209]by[G1223]letters[G1992].
10For[G3754] his letters[G1992], say they[G5346], are weighty[G926]and[G2532]powerful[G2478]; but[G1161] his bodily[G4983]presence[G3952] is weak[G772], and[G2532] his speech[G3056]contemptible[G1848].
11Let[G3049]such[G5108] an one[G5108]think[G3049]this[G5124], that[G3754], such[G5108]as[G3634] we are[G2070] in word[G3056]by[G1223]letters[G1992] when we are[G2070]absent[G548], such[G5108] will we be also[G2532] in deed[G2041] when we are[G2070]present[G3918].
12For[G1063] we dare[G5111]not[G3756]make[G1469]ourselves[G1438] of the number[G1469], or[G2228]compare[G4793]ourselves[G1438]with[G4793]some[G5100] that commend[G4921]themselves[G1438]: but[G235]they[G846]measuring[G3354]themselves[G1438]by[G1722]themselves[G1438], and[G2532]comparing[G4793]themselves[G1438]among[G4793]themselves[G1438], are[G4920]not[G3756]wise[G4920].
13But[G1161]we[G2249]will[G2744]not[G3780]boast[G2744] of things without[G1519] our measure[G280], but[G235]according[G2596] to the measure[G3358] of the rule[G2583]which[G3739]God[G2316] hath distributed[G3307] to us[G2254], a measure[G3358] to reach[G2185]even[G2532]unto[G891]you[G5216].
14For[G1063] we stretch[G5239]not[G3756]ourselves[G1438]beyond[G5239] our measure, as[G5613] though we reached[G2185]not[G3361]unto[G1519]you[G5209]: for[G1063] we are come[G5348]as[G891] far as[G891] to you[G5216]also[G2532]in[G1722] preaching the gospel[G2098] of Christ[G5547]:
15Not[G3756]boasting[G2744]of[G1722] things without[G1519]our[G2257]measure[G280], that is, of[G1722] other men's labours[G2873]; but[G1161]having[G2192]hope[G1680], when your[G5216]faith[G4102] is increased[G837], that we shall be enlarged[G3170]by[G1722]you[G5213]according[G2596] to our[G2257]rule[G2583]abundantly[G1519],
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To preach the gospel[G2097]in[G1519] the regions beyond[G5238]you[G5216], and not[G3756] to boast[G2744]in[G1722] another man's line[G2583]of[G1519] things made ready to our hand[G2092].
17But[G1161] he that glorieth[G2744], let him glory[G2744]in[G1722] the Lord[G2962].
18For[G1063]not[G3756]he[G1565] that commendeth[G4921]himself[G1438]is[G2076]approved[G1384], but[G235]whom[G3739] the Lord[G2962]commendeth[G4921].