10:1 Now I Paul myself beseech you, by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence {am} base among you, but being absent am bold towards you: 
10:1 Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence {am} base among you, but being absent am bold toward you: 

10:2 But I beseech {you}, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, with which I think to be bold against some, who think of us as if we walked according to the flesh. 
10:2 But I beseech {you}, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, with which I think to be bold against some, who think of us as if we walked according to the flesh. 

10:3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh: 
10:3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh: 

10:4 (For the weapons of our warfare {are} not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 
10:4 (For the weapons of our warfare {are} not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) 

10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; 
10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; 

10:6 And having in a readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled. 
10:6 And having in a readiness to punish all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled. 

10:7 Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trusteth to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he {is} Christ's, even so {are} we Christ's. 
10:7 Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trusteth to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he {is} Christ's, even so {are} we Christ's. 

10:8 For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed: 
10:8 For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed: 

10:9 That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters. 
10:9 That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters. 

10:10 For {his} letters (say they) {are} weighty and powerful; but {his} bodily presence {is} weak, and {his} speech contemptible. 
10:10 For {his} letters, say they, {are} weighty and powerful; but {his} bodily presence {is} weak, and {his} speech contemptible. 

10:11 Let such one think this, that such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such {will we be} also in deed when we are present. 
10:11 Let such a person think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such {will we be} also in deed when we are present. 

10:12 For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise. 
10:12 For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise. 

10:13 But we will not boast of things without {our} measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even to you. 
10:13 But we will not boast of things without {our} measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even to you. 

10:14 For we stretch not ourselves beyond {our measure}, as though we reached not to you; for we are come as far as to you also in {preaching} the gospel of Christ: 
10:14 For we stretch not ourselves beyond {our measure}, as though we reached not to you: for we are come as far as to you also in {preaching} the gospel of Christ: 

10:15 Not boasting of things without {our} measure, {that is}, of other men's labors; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you, according to our rule abundantly, 
10:15 Not boasting of things without {our} measure, {that is}, of other men's labours; but having hope, when your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to our rule abundantly, 

10:16 To preach the gospel in the {regions} beyond you, {and} not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand. 
10:16 To preach the gospel in the {regions} beyond you, {and} not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to our hand. 

10:17 But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. 
10:17 But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. 

10:18 For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth. 
10:18 For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.