Verse 8
2 Corinthians 10:8
Darby Translation
8
For and if I should boast even somewhat more abundantly of our authority, which the Lord has given [to us] for building up and not for your overthrowing, I shall not be put to shame;
Original Language Text
greek
ἐάν ⸀τε ⸀γὰρ περισσότερόν τι καυχήσωμαι περὶ τῆς ἐξουσίας ἡμῶν, ἧς ἔδωκεν ὁ ⸀κύριος εἰς οἰκοδομὴν καὶ οὐκ εἰς καθαίρεσιν ὑμῶν, οὐκ αἰσχυνθήσομαι,
English Translation
For if I should boast more about our authority, which the Lord gave for building up and not for pulling down you, I will not be ashamed.
AI translation from greek via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 10 Context
1
But I myself, Paul, entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of the Christ, who, as to appearance,...
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but I beseech that present I may not be bold with the confidence with which I think to be daring tow...
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3
For walking in flesh, we do not war according to flesh.
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4
For the arms of our warfare [are] not fleshly, but powerful according to God (Elohim) to [the] overt...
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overthrowing reasonings and every high thing that lifts itself up against the knowledge of God (Eloh...
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and having in readiness to avenge all disobedience when your obedience shall have been fulfilled.
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7
Do ye look at what concerns appearance? If any one has confidence in himself that he is of Christ, l...
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8
For and if I should boast even somewhat more abundantly of our authority, which the Lord has given [...
9
that I may not seem as if I was frightening you by letters:
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10
because his letters, he says, [are] weighty and strong, but his presence in the body weak, and his s...
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11
Let such a one think this, that such as we are in word by letters [when] absent, such also present i...
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12
For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves; but these, me...
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13
Now *we* will not boast out of measure, but according to the measure of the rule which the God (Eloh...
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14
For we do not, as not reaching to you, overstretch ourselves, (for we have come to you also in the g...
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15
not boasting out of measure in other people's labours, but having hope, your faith increasing, to be...
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16
to announce the glad tidings to that [which is] beyond you, not to be boasting in another's rule of...
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17
But he that boasts, let him boast in the Lord.
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For not *he* that commends himself is approved, but whom the Lord commends.
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