2Corinthians:10

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* Now I Paul myself entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ , I who in your presence am lowly among you , but being absent am of good courage toward you . * I ask that when I am present I need not be bold with the confidence with which I propose to be courageous against some , who regard us as if we walked according to the flesh . * For though we walk in the flesh , we do not war according to the flesh . * The weapons we use in our fight are not of the flesh but God 's powerful weapons , which we use to destroy strongholds . We destroy false arguments . * We cast down imaginations , and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God . We bring every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ . * We are ready to punish all disobedience , when your obedience is complete . * You look at the things that are before you . If any man trusts in himself that he is Christ 's , let him consider this again within himself that , even as he is Christ 's , so also are we . * I should boast a great deal concerning the authority the Lord gave us to build you up , and not to tear you down , I would not be put to shame . * I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters . * For , His letters , they say , are weighty and strong . But his bodily presence is weak and his speech of no account . * Let a person like this take this into account : what we are in word by letters when we are absent , such we will also be in deed when we are present . * For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with certain of them that commend themselves . But they measure themselves by themselves , and compare themselves with themselves . They are without understanding . * But we will not boast beyond our measure , but according to the measure of the province that God apportioned to us as a measure , to reach even to you . * For we are not overstretching ourselves though we did not reach to you . We reached out to you with the good news of Christ . * We did not boast beyond our assignment in other men 's labors . Having hope that , as your faith grows , we shall be made great among you according to our territory for further abundance . * Let us preach the good news to the parts beyond you . Let us not boast in someone else ’s territory in concerning things ready for our hand . * But he who boasts let him boast in Jehovah ! (Jeremiah strkjv @9:24 ) * It is not he that commends himself that is approved . It is the one whom Jehovah commends . (Proverbs strkjv @29:26 )

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