2Corinthians:10

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* I MYSELF , Paul , beg you by the gentleness and sweet reasonableness of Christ \'97 I who "to your face am humble when among you , but when absent am bold toward you " \'97 * I pray that I may not when present have to be bold with the confidence with which I expect to show my courage against some who think of us as living according to the flesh . * For although living in the flesh we do not carry on our warfare according to the flesh , * for the weapons of our warfare are not weapons of the flesh , but powerful under God for the destruction of fortresses . * We overthrow reasonings and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God , and take captive every thought into obedience to Christ * and are ready to take vengeance upon every disobedience when your obedience is complete . * Look at what is right before your eyes . If any one is confident that he belongs to Christ , let him again consider this regarding himself , that just as he belongs to Christ so also do we . * For if I boast somewhat excessively of our authority , which the Lord gave for building you up and not for pulling you down , I shall not be ashamed . * Let me not seem as if meaning to frighten you by letters . * Because , "His letters ," they say , "are mighty and strong , but his bodily presence is weak and his speaking amounts to nothing ." * Let such a person consider this , that what we are in words by letters when absent such we will be in deeds when present . * We do not venture to class ourselves or compare ourselves with some of those who are commending themselves . But they , measuring themselves among themselves and comparing themselves with themselves , do not understand . * We will not boast beyond measure , but according to the measure of the measuring rod which God assigned to us , and that reaches as far as you . * For we are not stretching ourselves , as if we did not reach to you , for we were the first to reach you with the good news of Christ . * We are not boasting beyond measure in the labors of others , but we have hope that as your faith grows we may have larger influence among you according to our measure and beyond , * so that we may tell the good news to the regions lying beyond you and not boast of things already done in some other man 's territory . * "Let him who boasts boast in the Lord ." * For it is not he who commends himself that is approved , but whom the Lord commends .

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