Thematic Bible
2 Corinthians 10:1 (show verse)
Now I appeal to you in person, by the gentleness and fairness of Christ, I, Paul, who am so "condescending when face to face with you, but so courageous toward you when far away!"
2 Corinthians 10:2 (show verse)
I beg you not to make me too courageous in that confidence in which I think to take a daring stand against some people who try to think that I am acting from the lowest human motives.
2 Corinthians 10:3 (show verse)
For though I do still live the life of a physical human creature, I am not waging this war in accordance with physical human standards,
2 Corinthians 10:4 (show verse)
for the weapons used in my warfare are not mere human ones, but through my God are mighty for demolishing fortresses.
2 Corinthians 10:5 (show verse)
For I am demolishing arguments and every barrier that is raised against the genuine knowledge of God, taking captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ,
2 Corinthians 10:6 (show verse)
and am prepared to punish any disobedience, when your obedience is made complete.
2 Corinthians 10:7 (show verse)
You look at me and measure me by outward appearances. If anyone is confident in himself that he belongs to Christ, let him have another thought about himself, that just as he belongs to Christ, so do I.
2 Corinthians 10:8 (show verse)
For if I do boast a little too much about my authority, which the Lord gave me for building you up and not for tearing you down, I shall never have to blush for doing so.
2 Corinthians 10:9 (show verse)
I do not want to seem to be frightening you with my letters.
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2 Corinthians 10:10 (show verse)
For they say, "His letters are impressive and forceful, but his physical personality is unimpressive, and his delivery is perfectly contemptible."
2 Corinthians 10:11 (show verse)
Such people should consider this: When I arrive for action I shall do exactly what I said I would in my letters when far away.
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2 Corinthians 10:12 (show verse)
Indeed, I do not dare to count or compare myself with certain men who are always recommending themselves. But they do not show good sense, because they do continue measuring themselves with one another and comparing themselves with one another.
2 Corinthians 10:13 (show verse)
But I shall never go too far in my boasting; no, I shall stay within the limits of the sphere which God apportioned me, so as to reach even you.
2 Corinthians 10:14 (show verse)
For I am not overstepping my authority as though I should not reach you, for I was the very first to reach as far as you with the good news of Christ.
2 Corinthians 10:15 (show verse)
I am not going too far in my boasting, and actually boasting of other men's labors, but I am cherishing the hope that your faith may so continue to grow that through you my work within my sphere may be so enlarged as to run over,
2 Corinthians 10:16 (show verse)
so that I can preach the good news in the regions beyond you, without boasting in another man's sphere of work already done by him.
2 Corinthians 10:17 (show verse)
"But the man who boasts must boast in the Lord.
2 Corinthians 10:18 (show verse)
For it is not the man who keeps on recommending himself who is really approved, but it is the man whom the Lord recommends.