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2 Corinthians 10

Paul Describes Himself

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Nowg1161  aI, Paulg3972, myselfg846  burgeg3870 you by the  cmeeknessg4240 and gentlenessg1932 of Christg5547--I whog3739  dam  1meekg5011 when faceg4383 to faceg4383 with you, but boldg2292 towardg1519 you when absentg548!

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I askg1189a that  awhen I am presentg3918b I need not be boldg2292 with the confidenceg4006 with whichg3739 I proposeg3049 to be courageousg5111 againstg1909  bsomeg5100, who regardg3049 us as ifg5613 we walkedg4043  caccordingg2596 to the fleshg4561.

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For though we walkg4043 in the fleshg4561, we do not warg4754  aaccordingg2596 to the fleshg4561,

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for the  aweaponsg3696 of our warfareg4752 are not of the fleshg4559, but  1divinelyg2316 powerfulg1415  bfor the destructiong2506 of fortressesg3794.

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We are destroyingg2507 speculationsg3053 and everyg3956  aloftyg5313 thingg5313 raisedg1869 up againstg2596 the knowledgeg1108 of Godg2316, and we are takingg163 everyg3956 thoughtg3540 captiveg163 to the  bobedienceg5218 of Christg5547,

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and we are readyg2092 to punishg1556 allg3956 disobedienceg3876, wheneverg3752  ayour obedienceg5218 is completeg4137.

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 1 aYou are lookingg991 at  2things as they are outwardlyg2596g4383.  bIfg1487 anyoneg5100 is confidentg3982 in himselfg1438 that he is Christ'sg5547, let him considerg3049 thisg3778 againg3825 withing1909 himselfg1438, that justg2531a as he is Christ'sg5547,  csog3779 alsog2532 are we.

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For eveng5037 ifg1437  aI boastg2744 somewhatg5100  1furtherg4053 aboutg4012 our  bauthorityg1849, whichg3739 the Lordg2962 gaveg1325 for buildingg3619 you up and not for destroyingg2506 you, I will not be putg153 to shameg153,

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 1for I do not wish to seemg1380 as ifg302 I would terrifyg1629 you by my lettersg1992.

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For they sayg5346, "His lettersg1992 are weightyg926 and strongg2478, but his  1personalg4983 presenceg3952 is  aunimpressiveg772 and  bhis speechg3056 contemptibleg1848."

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Let suchg5108 a persong5108 considerg3049 thisg3778, that whatg3634 we are in wordg3056 by lettersg1992 when absentg548, suchg5108 personsg5108 we are alsog2532 in deedg2041 when presentg3918b.

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For we are not boldg5111 to classg1469 org2228 compareg4793 ourselvesg1438 with  1someg5100 of thoseg3588 who  acommendg4921 themselvesg1438; but when they measureg3354 themselvesg1438 by themselvesg1438 and compareg4793 themselvesg1438 with themselvesg1438, they are withoutg3756 understandingg4920.

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But we will not boastg2744  abeyondg1519g280 our measureg280, but  1 bwithing2596 the measureg3358 of the sphereg2583 whichg3739 Godg2316 apportionedg3307 to us as a measureg3358, to reachg2185 eveng2532 as farg891 as you.

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For we are not overextendingg5239b ourselvesg1438, as ifg5613 we did not reachg2185 to you, for  awe were the firstg5348 to comeg5348 eveng2532 as farg891 as you in the  bgospelg2098 of Christg5547;

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not boastingg2744  abeyondg1519g280 our measureg280, that is, in  botherg245 men'sg245 laborsg2873, but with the hopeg1680 that as  cyour faithg4102 growsg837, we will be,  1withing2596 our sphereg2583,  denlargedg3170 eveng1519 moreg4050 by you,

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sog1519 as to  apreachg2097 the gospelg2097 even to  bthe regions beyondg5238a you, and not to boastg2744  1 cin whatg2092 has been accomplishedg2092 in the sphereg2583 of anotherg245.

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But  aHE WHO BOASTSg2744 IS TO BOASTg2744 IN THE LORDg2962.

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For it is not he who  acommendsg4921 himselfg1438 that is approvedg1384, but he  bwhomg3739 the Lordg2962 commendsg4921.



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