2But 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.


In Context

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;)

2 Corinthians 10:2 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

10:2I beg you that when I come I may not have to be as bold as I expect to be toward some people who think that we live by the standards of this world.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:2But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present, with that confidence wherewith I am thought to be bold, against some, who reckon us as if we walked according to the flesh.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:2yea, 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:2but I beseech that present I may not be bold with the confidence with which I think to be daring towards some who think of us as walking according to flesh.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:2yea, I beseech you, that I may not when present shew courage with the confidence wherewith I count to be bold against some, which count of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:2But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, with which I think to be bold against some, who think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:2Yes, 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.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:2and I beseech you, that, being present, I may not have courage, with the confidence with which I reckon to be bold against certain reckoning us as walking according to the flesh;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:2But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, with which I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.