2 Corinthians 10

¹Nowe I Paul my selfe beseech you by the meekenes, and gentlenes of Christ, which when I am present among you am base, but am bolde toward you being absent:

²And this I require you, that I neede not to be bolde when I am present, with that same confidence, wherewith I thinke to bee bolde against some, which esteeme vs as though wee walked according to the flesh.

³Neuerthelesse, though wee walke in the flesh, yet we doe not warre after the flesh.

⁴(For the weapons of our warrefare are not carnall, but mightie through God, to cast downe holdes)

⁵Casting downe the imaginations, and euery high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captiuitie euery thought to the obedience of Christ,

⁶And hauing ready the vengeance against all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.

⁷Looke yee on things after the appearance? If any man trust in himselfe that hee is Christes, let him consider this againe of himself, that as he is Christes, euen so are we Christes.

⁸For though I shoulde boast somewhat more of our authoritie, which the Lord hath giuen vs for edification, and not for your destruction, I should haue no shame.

⁹This I say, that I may not seeme as it were to feare you with letters.

¹⁰For the letters, sayeth hee, are sore and strong, but his bodily presence is weake, and his speache is of no value.

¹¹Let such one thinke this, that such as wee are in woorde by letters, when we are absent, such wil we be also in deede, when we are present.