Now (1) I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and (a) gentleness of Christ, who in presence [am] base among you, but being absent am bold toward you: (1) He returns to the defence of his apostleship, but in such a way that he uses his authority in his defence: for he warns them earnestly and gra... [ Continue Reading ]
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 (b) according to the flesh. (b) As though I had no other aid and help than that which outwardly I seem to have: and therefore Paul contras... [ Continue Reading ]
(2) For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (2) Secondly, he witnesses that although he is similar to other men, yet he comes furnished with that strength which no defence of man can match, whether they resist by craft and deceit, or by force and might, because he battles wi... [ Continue Reading ]
(For the weapons of our warfare [are] not (c) carnal, but mighty through (d) God to the pulling down of strong holds;) (c) Are not those weapons that men get authority over one another with, and do great acts. (d) Stand upon the foundation of God's infinite power.... [ Continue Reading ]
Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, (3) and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; (3) An amplification of this spiritual power, which conquers the enemies in such a way, be they ever so crafty and mighty, tha... [ Continue Reading ]
(4) Do ye look on things after the (e) outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of (f) himself think this again, that, as he [is] Christ's, even so [are] we Christ's. (4) He emphasises the same matter with very weighty words and sentences. (e) Do you judge thing... [ Continue Reading ]
For [his] letters, say (g) they, [are] weighty and powerful; but [his] bodily presence [is] weak, and [his] speech contemptible. (g) He notes out those who were the cause of these words.... [ Continue Reading ]
(5) For we (h) dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by (i) themselves, and (k) comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise. (5) Being forced to refute the foolish braggings of certain ambitious men, he w... [ Continue Reading ]
But we will not boast of things without [our] (l) measure, but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed to us, a measure to reach even unto you. (l) Of those things which God has not measured to me.... [ Continue Reading ]
Not boasting of things (m) 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, (m) As though God had divided the whole world among the apostles to be governed.... [ Continue Reading ]
To preach the gospel in the [regions] beyond you, [and] not to boast in (n) another man's line of things made ready to our hand. (n) In countries which other men have prepared and cultivated with the preaching of the Gospel.... [ Continue Reading ]
(6) But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord. (6) He somewhat moderates that which he spoke of himself, and in so doing also prepares the Corinthians to hear other things, witnessing that he seeks nothing else but to approve himself to God, whose glory alone he seeks.... [ Continue Reading ]