<vn='1'><sn="1161">Now</s><sn="1473">I</s><sn="3972">Paul</s><sn="846">myself</s><sn="3870">beseech</s><sn="5209">you</s><sn="1223">by</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4236">meekness</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="1932">gentleness</s> of <sn="5547">Christ</s>, <sn="3739">who</s><sn="2596">in</s><sn="4383">presence</s><sn="*3303">am</s><sn="5011">base</s><sn="1722">among</s><sn="5213">you</s>, <sn="1161">but</s> being <sn="548">absent</s> am <sn="2292">bold</s><sn="1519">toward</s><sn="5209">you</s>: </v>
<vn='2'><sn="1161">But</s> I <sn="1189">beseech</s> you, that I may <sn="3361">not</s> be <sn="2292">bold</s> when I am <sn="3918">present</s> with that <sn="4006">confidence</s>, <sn="3739">wherewith</s> I <sn="3049">think</s> to be <sn="5111">bold</s><sn="1909">against</s><sn="5100">some</s>, which <sn="3049">think</s> of <sn="2248">us</s><sn="5613">as</s> if we <sn="4043">walked</s><sn="2596">according</s> to the <sn="4561">flesh</s>. </v>
<vn='3'><sn="1063">For</s> though we <sn="4043">walk</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="4561">flesh</s>, we do <sn="3756">not</s><sn="4754">war</s><sn="2596">after</s> the <sn="4561">flesh</s>: </v>
<vn='4'>( <sn="1063">For</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3696">weapons</s> of <sn="2257">our</s><sn="4752">warfare</s> are <sn="3756">not</s><sn="4559">carnal</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="1415">mighty</s> through <sn="2316">God</s><sn="4314">to</s> the pulling <sn="2506">down</s> of <sn="3794">strongholds</s>;) </v>
<vn='5'>Casting <sn="2507">down</s><sn="3053">imaginations</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3956">every</s> high <sn="5313">thing</s> that exalteth <sn="1869">itself</s><sn="2596">against</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1108">knowledge</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> bringing into <sn="163">captivity</s><sn="3956">every</s><sn="3540">thought</s><sn="1519">to</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5218">obedience</s> of <sn="5547">Christ</s>; </v>
<vn='6'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="2192">having</s><sn="1722">in</s> a <sn="2092">readiness</s> to <sn="1556">revenge</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="3876">disobedience</s>, <sn="3752">when</s><sn="5216">your</s><sn="5218">obedience</s> is <sn="4137">fulfilled</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>Do ye look <sn="991">on</s><sn="3588">things</s><sn="2596">after</s> the outward <sn="4383">appearance</s>? If any <sn="1536">man</s><sn="3982">trust</s> to <sn="1438">himself</s> that he <sn="1511">is</s><sn="5547">Christ</s> 's, let him <sn="575">of</s><sn="1438">himself</s><sn="3049">think</s><sn="5124">this</s><sn="3825">again</s>, <sn="3754">that</s>, <sn="2531">as</s><sn="846">he</s> is <sn="5547">Christ</s> 's, <sn="2532">even</s><sn="3779">so</s> are <sn="2249">we</s><sn="5547">Christ</s> 's. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="1437 5037">though</s> I should <sn="2744">boast</s><sn="5100">somewhat</s><sn="4055">more</s><sn="4012">of</s><sn="2257">our</s><sn="1849">authority</s>, <sn="3739">which</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s> hath <sn="1325">given</s><sn="2254">us</s><sn="1519">for</s><sn="3619">edification</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="1519">for</s><sn="5216">your</s><sn="2506">destruction</s>, I should <sn="3756">not</s> be <sn="153">ashamed</s>: </v>
<vn='9'><sn="2443">That</s> I may <sn="3361">not</s><sn="1380">seem</s><sn="5613 302">as</s> if I would <sn="1629">terrify</s><sn="5209">you</s><sn="1223">by</s><sn="1992">letters</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="3754">For</s> his <sn="1992 *3303">letters</s>, <sn="5346">say</s> they, are <sn="926">weighty</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="2478">powerful</s>; <sn="1161">but</s> his <sn="4983">bodily</s><sn="3952">presence</s> is <sn="772">weak</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> his <sn="3056">speech</s><sn="1848">contemptible</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>Let such a <sn="5108">one</s><sn="3049">think</s><sn="5124">this</s>, <sn="3754">that</s>, <sn="3634">such</s> as we <sn="2070">are</s> in <sn="3056">word</s><sn="1223">by</s><sn="1992">letters</s> when we are <sn="548">absent</s>, <sn="5108">such</s> will we be <sn="2532">also</s> in <sn="2041">deed</s> when we are <sn="3918">present</s>. </v>
<vn='12'><sn="1063">For</s> we <sn="5111">dare</s><sn="3756">not</s> make ourselves of the <sn="1469 1438">number</s>, <sn="2228">or</s><sn="4793">compare</s><sn="1438">ourselves</s> with <sn="5100">some</s> that <sn="4921">commend</s><sn="1438">themselves</s>: <sn="235">but</s><sn="846">they</s><sn="3354">measuring</s><sn="1438">themselves</s><sn="1722">by</s><sn="1438">themseves</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4793">comparing</s><sn="1438">themselves</s> among <sn="1438">themselves</s>, are not <sn="4920 3756">wise</s>. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="2249">we</s> will <sn="3780">not</s><sn="2744">boast</s><sn="1519">of</s> things without our <sn="280">measure</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="2596">according</s> to <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3358">measure</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2583">rule</s><sn="3739">which</s><sn="2316">God</s> hath <sn="3307">distributed</s> to <sn="2254">us</s>, a <sn="3358">measure</s> to <sn="2185">reach</s><sn="2532">even</s><sn="891">unto</s><sn="5216">you</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="1063">For</s> we stretch not ourselves <sn="5239 3756 1438">beyond</s> our measure, as <sn="5613">though</s> we <sn="2185">reached</s><sn="3361">not</s><sn="1519">unto</s><sn="5209">you</s>: <sn="1063">for</s> we are <sn="5348">come</s> as far <sn="891">as</s> to <sn="5216">you</s><sn="2532">also</s><sn="1722">in</s> preaching <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2098">gospel</s> of <sn="5547">Christ</s>: </v>
<vn='15'><sn="3756">Not</s><sn="2744">boasting</s><sn="1519">of</s> things without our <sn="280">measure</s>, that is, <sn="1722">of</s> other <sn="245">men</s> 's <sn="2873">labors</s>; <sn="1161">but</s><sn="2192">having</s><sn="1680">hope</s>, when <sn="5216">your</s><sn="4102">faith</s> is <sn="837">increased</s>, that we shall be <sn="3170">enlarged</s><sn="1722">by</s><sn="5213">you</s><sn="2596">according</s> to <sn="2257">our</s><sn="2583">rule</s><sn="1519 4050">abundantly</s>, </v>
<vn='16'>To preach the <sn="2097">gospel</s><sn="1519">in</s> the regions <sn="5238">beyond</s><sn="5216">you</s>, and <sn="3756">not</s> to <sn="2744">boast</s><sn="1722">in</s> another <sn="245">man</s> 's line of <sn="2583">things</s> made ready to our <sn="1519 2092">hand</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="1161">But</s> he that <sn="2744">glorieth</s>, let him <sn="2744">glory</s><sn="1722">in</s> the <sn="2962">Lord</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="1063">For</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="1565">he</s> that <sn="4921">commendeth</s><sn="1438">himself</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="1384">approved</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="3739">whom</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2962">Lord</s><sn="4921">commendeth</s>. </v>