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2 Corinthians 10

The Complete Jewish Bible CJB

1 Now it is I myself, Sha'ul, making an appeal to you with the meekness and forbearance that come from the Messiah, I who am considered timid when face-to-face with you but intimidating from a distance.

2 But I beg you not to force me to be intimidating when I am with you, as I expect to be toward some who regard us as living in a worldly way.

3 For although we do live in the world, we do not wage war in a worldly way;

4 because the weapons we use to wage war are not worldly. On the contrary, they have God's power for demolishing strongholds. We demolish arguments

5 and every arrogance that raises itself up against the knowledge of God; we take every thought captive and make it obey the Messiah.

6 And when you have become completely obedient, then we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience.

7 You are looking at the surface of things. If anyone is convinced that he belongs to the Messiah, he should remind himself that we belong to the Messiah as much as he does.

8 For even if I boast a little too much about the authority the Lord has given us - authority to build you up, not tear you down - I am not ashamed.

9 My object is not to seem as if I were trying to frighten you with these letters.

10 Someone says, "His letters are weighty and powerful, but when he appears in person he is weak, and as a speaker he is nothing."

11 Such a person should realize that what we say in our letters when absent, we will do when present.

12 We don't dare class or compare ourselves with some of the people who advertise themselves. In measuring themselves against each other and comparing themselves with each other, they are simply stupid.

13 We will not boast about what lies outside the area of work which God has given us; rather, we will boast within our assigned area, and that area does reach as far as you.

14 We are not overextending our boasting as if we had not reached as far as you; for we did come all the way to you with the Good News of the Messiah.

15 We do not boast about the area in which others labor; but our hope is that as your trust grows, we will be magnified in your midst in relation to our own area of work, so that we can go on to do even more,

16 namely, to proclaim the Good News in regions beyond you. Our hope is not to boast about the work already done by someone else.

17 So, let anyone who wants to boast, boast about ADONAI;l

18 because it is not the one who recommends himself who is worthy of approval, but the one whom the Lord recommends.

The Bible in Basic English BBE

1 Now I, Paul, myself make request to you by the quiet and gentle behaviour of Christ, I who am poor in spirit when with you, but who say what is in my mind to you without fear when I am away from you:

2 Yes, I make my request to you, so that when I am with you I may not have to make use of the authority which may be needed against some to whom we seem to be walking after the flesh.

3 For though we may be living in the flesh, we are not fighting after the way of the flesh

4 (For the arms with which we are fighting are not those of the flesh, but are strong before God for the destruction of high places);

5 Putting an end to reasonings, and every high thing which is lifted up against the knowledge of God, and causing every thought to come under the authority of Christ;

6 Being ready to give punishment to whatever is against his authority, after you have made it clear that you are completely under his control.

7 Give attention to the things which are before you. If any man seems to himself to be Christ's, let him keep in mind that we are as much Christ's as he is.

8 For though I might take pride in our authority (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for your destruction), it will not be a cause of shame to me:

9 That I may not seem to have the desire of causing you fear by my letters.

10 For his letters, they say, have weight and are strong; but in body he is feeble, and his way of talking has little force.

11 Let those who say this keep in mind that, what we are in word by letters when we are away, so will we be in act when we are present.

12 For we will not make comparison of ourselves with some of those who say good things about themselves: but these, measuring themselves by themselves, and making comparison of themselves with themselves, are not wise.

13 We will not give glory to ourselves in over-great measure, but after the measure of the rule which God has given us, a measure which comes even to you.

14 For we have no need to make ourselves seem more than we are, as if our authority did not come as far as to you: for we came even as far as you with the good news of Christ:

15 Not taking credit to ourselves for what is not our business, that is, for the work of others; but having hope that, with the growth of your faith, we may get the credit for an increase which is the effect of our work,

16 So that we may be able to go on and take the good news to countries still farther away than you are, and not take credit for another man's work in making things ready to our hand.

17 But whoever has a desire for glory, let his glory be in the Lord.

18 For the Lord's approval of a man is not dependent on his opinion of himself, but on the Lord's opinion of him.