2 Corinthians 10:8 - The Text-Critical English New Testament

⁸ For even if I boast somewhat further about our authority (which the Lord has given us for building you up and not for tearing you down), I will not be ashamed.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ For even though I boast rather freely about our power and authority, which the Lord gave for your upbuilding and not for demolishing you, yet I shall not be put to shame [for exceeding the truth],

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ For though I should glory somewhat abundantly concerning our authority (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down), I shall not be put to shame:

Common English Bible

⁸ Even if I went on to brag about our authority, I wouldn’t be ashamed of it. The Lord gave us that authority to build you up and not to destroy you.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ And if I were even to glory somewhat more about our authority, which the Lord has given to us for your edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed.

2 Corinthians 10:8 Cross References

2 Corinthians 1:24

Not that we rule over your faith; rather, we work with you for your joy, because by faith you stand firm.

2 Corinthians 10:4

For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but are powerful in God for tearing down strongholds.

2 Corinthians 10:9

For I do not want to seem as though I am trying to frighten you by my letters.

2 Corinthians 12:19

Do you still think that we are defending ourselves to you? In the sight of God we are speaking in Christ, and everything we do, beloved, is for your edification.

2 Corinthians 12:6

But even if I wanted to boast, I would not be a fool, for I would be speaking the truth. Nevertheless, I refrain so that no one will think more of me than what he sees in me or hears from me.

2 Corinthians 13:10

The reason I am writing these things to you while I am absent is so that, when I am present, I will not need to be harsh in my use of authority, which the Lord has given me for building up and not for tearing down.

2 Corinthians 13:8

For we cannot do anything against the truth, but only for the truth.

2 Corinthians 7:14

For if I made any boast to him about you, I was not put to shame. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has also proven to be true.

2 Corinthians 7:4

Great is my boldness toward you; great is my boasting on your behalf. I am filled with comfort; I am overflowing with joy in all our affliction.

Galatians 1:1

Paul, an apostle—appointed not by men nor through man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead—

2 Timothy 1:12

That is why I am suffering these things. But I am not ashamed, for I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to guard what has been entrusted to me until that day.