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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>2 Corinthians 10</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_corinthians/10.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc//2_corinthians/10-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/2_corinthians/">2 Corinthians</a> > 2 Corinthians 10</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_corinthians/9.htm" title="2 Corinthians 9">◄</a> 2 Corinthians 10 <a href="../2_corinthians/11.htm" title="2 Corinthians 11">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/2_corinthians/10.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/2_corinthians/10.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/2_corinthians/10.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/2_corinthians/10.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/2_corinthians/10.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/2_corinthians/10.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/2_corinthians/10.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Paul’s Apostolic Authority<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now by the mildness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am humble when face to face with you, but bold when away. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I beg you that when I come I may not need to be as bold as I expect toward those who presume that we live according to the flesh. <A name="4"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh. <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, as soon as your obedience is complete. <A name="8"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should remind himself that we belong to Christ just as much as he does. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For even if I boast somewhat excessively about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up rather than tearing you down, I will not be ashamed. <A name="10"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you by my letters. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.” <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Such people should consider that what we are in our letters when absent, we will be in our actions when present. <A name="13"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they show their ignorance. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>We, however, will not boast beyond our limits, but only within the field of influence that God has assigned to us—a field that reaches even to you. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>We are not overstepping our bounds, as if we had not come to you. Indeed, we were the first to reach you with the gospel of Christ. <A name="16"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Neither do we boast beyond our limits in the labors of others. But we hope that as your faith increases, our area of influence among you will greatly increase as well, <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. Then we will not be boasting in the work already done in another man’s territory. <A name="18"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Rather, “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">17</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <a href="../jeremiah/9.htm#24">Jeremiah 9:24</a><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. Used by Permission. 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