1
Now
I
Paul
myself
beseech
you
by
the
meekness
and
gentleness
of
Christ,
who
in
presence
[am]
base
among
you,
but
being
absent
am
bold
toward
you:
2
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.
3
For
though
we
walk
in
the
flesh,
we
do
not
war
after
the
flesh:
4
(For
the
weapons
of
our
warfare
[are]
not
carnal,
but
mighty
through
God
to
the
pulling
down
of
strong
holds;)
5
Casting
down
imaginations,
and
every
high
thing
that
exalteth
itself
against
the
knowledge
of
God,
and
bringing
into
captivity
every
thought
to
the
obedience
of
Christ;
6
And
having
in
a
readiness
to
revenge
all
disobedience,
when
your
obedience
is
fulfilled.
7
Do
ye
look
on
things
after
the
outward
appearance?
If
any
man
trust
to
himself
that
he
is
Christ’s,
let
him
of
himself
think
this
again,
that,
as
he
[is]
Christ’s,
even
so
[are]
we
Christ’s.
8
For
though
I
should
boast
somewhat
more
of
our
authority,
which
the
Lord
hath
given
us
for
edification,
and
not
for
your
destruction,
I
should
not
be
ashamed:
9
That
I
may
not
seem
as
if
I
would
terrify
you
by
letters.
10
For
[his]
letters,
say
they,
[are]
weighty
and
powerful;
but
[his]
bodily
presence
[is]
weak,
and
[his]
speech
contemptible.
11
Let
such
an
one
think
this,
that,
such
as
we
are
in
word
by
letters
when
we
are
absent,
such
[will
we
be]
also
in
deed
when
we
are
present.
12
For
we
dare
not
make
ourselves
of
the
number,
or
compare
ourselves
with
some
that
commend
themselves:
but
they
measuring
themselves
by
themselves,
and
comparing
themselves
among
themselves,
are
not
wise.
13
But
we
will
not
boast
of
things
without
[our]
measure,
but
according
to
the
measure
of
the
rule
which
God
hath
distributed
to
us,
a
measure
to
reach
even
unto
you.
14
For
we
stretch
not
ourselves
beyond
[our
measure],
as
though
we
reached
not
unto
you:
for
we
are
come
as
far
as
to
you
also
in
[preaching]
the
gospel
of
Christ:
15
Not
boasting
of
things
without
[our]
measure,
[that
is],
of
other
men’s
labours;
but
having
hope,
when
your
faith
is
increased,
that
we
shall
be
enlarged
by
you
according
to
our
rule
abundantly,
16
To
preach
the
gospel
in
the
[regions]
beyond
you,
[and]
not
to
boast
in
another
man’s
line
of
things
made
ready
to
our
hand.
17
But
he
that
glorieth,
let
him
glory
in
the
Lord.
18
For
not
he
that
commendeth
himself
is
approved,
but
whom
the
Lord
commendeth.