Sept. 30
2 Corinthians 10
2Co 10:1 Now I Paul,
myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Christ; I who
in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am of good
courage toward you.
2Co 10:2 Yes, I beg you
that I may not, when present, show courage with the confidence with
which I intend to be bold against some, who consider us to be walking
according to the flesh.
2Co 10:3 For though we
walk in the flesh, we don't wage war according to the flesh;
2Co 10:4 for the
weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to
the throwing down of strongholds,
2Co 10:5 throwing down
imaginations and every high thing that is exalted against the
knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the
obedience of Christ;
2Co 10:6 and being in
readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience will be
made full.
2Co 10:7 Do you look at
things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in
himself that he is Christ's, let him consider this again with
himself, that, even as he is Christ's, so also we are Christ's.
2Co 10:8 For though I
should boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, (which
the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down) I
will not be disappointed,
2Co 10:9 that I may not
seem as if I desire to terrify you by my letters.
2Co 10:10 For, "His
letters," they say, "are weighty and strong, but his bodily
presence is weak, and his speech is despised."
2Co 10:11 Let such a
person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when we are
absent, such are we also in deed when we are present.
2Co 10:12 For we are
not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who
commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by
themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without
understanding.
2Co 10:13 But we will
not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which
God appointed to us, which reach even to you.
2Co 10:14 For we don't
stretch ourselves too much, as though we didn't reach to you. For we
came even as far as to you with the Good News of Christ,
2Co 10:15 not boasting
beyond proper limits in other men's labors, but having hope that as
your faith grows, we will be abundantly enlarged by you in our sphere
of influence,
2Co 10:16 so as to
preach the Good News even to the parts beyond you, not to boast in
what someone else has already done.
2Co 10:17 But "he
who boasts, let him boast in the Lord."
2Co 10:18 For it isn't
he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.