2 Corinthians 10


Paul Describes Himself

1 Now (1) I, Paul, myself (2) urge you by the (3) meekness and gentleness of Christ--I who (4) am meek when face to face with you, but bold toward you when absent!
2 I ask that (5) when I am present I need not be bold with the confidence with which I propose to be courageous against (6) some, who regard us as if we walked (7) according to the flesh.
3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war (8) according to the flesh,
4 for the (9) weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but divinely powerful (10) for the destruction of fortresses.
5 We are destroying speculations and every (11) lofty thing raised up against the knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought captive to the (12) obedience of Christ,
6 and we are ready to punish all disobedience, whenever (13) your obedience is complete.
7 (14) You are looking at things as they are outwardly. (15) 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, (16) so also are we.
8 For even if (17) I boast somewhat further about our (18) authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you, I will not be put to shame,
9 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 personal presence is (19) unimpressive and (20) his speech contemptible."