2 Corinthians 10:2

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

I beg you that when I come I may not need to be as bold as I expect toward those who presume that we live according to the flesh.

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KJV

King James Version

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 according to the flesh.

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WEB

World English Bible

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.

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ASV

American Standard Version

yea, I beseech you, that I may not when present show courage with the confidence wherewith I count to be bold against some, who count of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

Now I beg [you] that being present, [I need] not to be bold with the confidence with which I reckon to be daring toward some reckoning us as walking according to [the] flesh.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

2 Corinthians 10

¹ Now by the mildness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am humble when face to face with you, but bold when away.

² I beg you that when I come I may not need to be as bold as I expect toward those who presume that we live according to the flesh.

³ For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.

⁴ The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

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