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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 Worsley's New Testament</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../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="../topmenuchap/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="../">WNT</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 width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><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 class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Worsley's New Testament</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/2_corinthians/10-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">Paul’s Apostolic Authority<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Now I Paul myself exhort you, by the meekness and lenity of Christ, who in presence am lowly among you, <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>but being absent am bold towards you, yea I intreat you, that I may not be bold, when I am present, with <i>that</i> confidence, wherewith I think to proceed against some, who censure us as walking after the flesh. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>For though we are in the flesh, we do not carry on our war according to the flesh: <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>(for the weapons of our warfare <i>are</i> not carnal, but mighty through God to the demolishing of bulwarks:) <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>destroying <i>false</i> reasonings, and every height that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and captivating every thought to the obedience of Christ. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And being prepared to avenge all disobedience, since your obedience is fulfilled.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Do ye look at things according to the outward appearance? If any <i>one</i> is confident in himself that he is Christ's, let him consider this again of himself, that as he <i>is</i> Christ's, so we also <i>are</i> Christ's. <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For though I should boast yet more of our authority, (which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction) I should not be ashamed: <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters; <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>for <i>his</i> letters, say they, <i>are</i> weighty and powerful, but <i>his</i> bodily presence <i>is</i> weak, and <i>his</i> speech contemptible. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><i>But</i> let such a one know this, that as we are in word by letters, when absent, such also <i>shall we be</i> in fact when present.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>For we presume not to number, or compare ourselves with some who recommend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are void of understanding. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>But we will not glory of things beyond <i>our</i> bounds, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath given to us, a measure to come even unto you. <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>For we do not stretch ourselves beyond <i>measure,</i> as though we were not <i>commissioned</i> to come unto you; for we have reached even to you also in <i>preaching</i> the gospel of Christ. <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Not boasting of things beyond <i>our</i> limits in other men's labors; but having hope that, when your faith is increased, we shall be abundantly enlarged by you according to our line, <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>to preach the gospel in <i>places</i> beyond you; <i>and</i> not to boast in another's province of things ready <i>prepared for us.</i> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>But let him, that glorieth, glory in the Lord. <span class="reftext"><a href="/2_corinthians/10-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but <i>he</i> whom the Lord commendeth.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Worsley's New Testament (1770)<br><br>Digital Text Courtesy <a href="https://theword.net">TheWord.net Bible Software</a>.<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</a>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../2_corinthians/9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Corinthians 9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Corinthians 9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../2_corinthians/11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Corinthians 11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Corinthians 11" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>