Paul's Second Letter to the Corinthians (WEB)
10: 1Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Christ; I who in your
presence am lowly among you, but being absent am of good courage toward you. 10:2Yes, I beg
you, that I may not, when present, show courage with the confidence with which I count to be
bold against some, who count of us as if we walked according to the flesh. 10:3For though we walk
in the flesh, we don't wage war according to the flesh; 10:4for the weapons of our warfare are not of
the flesh, but mighty before God to the throwing down of strongholds, 10:5throwing down
imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing
every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ; 10:6and being in readiness to avenge all
disobedience, when your obedience will be made full. 10:7Do you look at things only as they appear
in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ's, let him consider this again with
himself, that, even as he is Christ's, so also we are Christ's. 10:8For though I should boast somewhat
abundantly concerning our authority, (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for
casting you down) I will not be put to shame, 10:9that I may not seem as if I desire to terrify you by
my letters. 10:10For, "His letters," they say, "are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak,
and his speech is despised." 10:11Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters
when we are absent, such are we also in deed when we are present. 10:12For we are not bold to
number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves,
measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without
understanding. 10:13But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with
which God appointed to us, which reach even to you. 10:14For we don't stretch ourselves too much,
as though we didn't reach to you. For we came even as far as to you in the gospel of Christ, 10:15not
boasting beyond proper limits in other men's labors, but having hope that as your faith grows, we
will be magnified in you according to our boundaries to abundance, 10:16so as to preach the gospel
even to the parts beyond you, not to boast in what someone else has already done. 10:17But "he who
boasts, let him boast in the Lord." 10:18For it isn't he who commends himself who is approved, but
whom the Lord commends.