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The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians, Chapter 10
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Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of
Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold
toward you:
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But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am
present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against
some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
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For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
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(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty
through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
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Casting down
imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the
knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the
obedience of Christ;
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And having in a readiness to revenge all
disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.
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Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man
trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this
again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's.
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For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which
the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction,
I should not be ashamed:
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That I may not seem as if I would
terrify you by letters.
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For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but his
bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.
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Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by
letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are
present.
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For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare
ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring
themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves,
are not wise.
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But we will not boast of things without our measure, but
according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us,
a measure to reach even unto you.
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For we stretch not ourselves beyond our measure, as though we
reached not unto you: for we are come as far as to you also in
preaching the gospel of Christ:
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Not boasting of things without
our measure, that is, of other men's labours; but having hope, when
your faith is increased, that we shall be enlarged by you according to
our rule abundantly,
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To preach the gospel in the regions beyond
you, and not to boast in another man's line of things made ready to
our hand.
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But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.
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For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the
Lord commendeth.
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