2 Corinthians 10:2

New American Bible - revised edition

I beg you that, when present, I may not have to be brave with that confidence with which I intend to act boldly against some who consider us as acting according to the flesh.

Cross References

Romans 8:1

Hence, now there is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Romans 8:4

so that the righteous decree of the law might be fulfilled in us, who live not according to the flesh but according to the spirit.

Romans 8:5

For those who live according to the flesh are concerned with the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the spirit with the things of the spirit.

2 Corinthians 1:17

So when I intended this, did I act lightly? Or do I make my plans according to human considerations, so that with me it is “yes, yes” and “no, no”?

2 Corinthians 11:21

To my shame I say that we were too weak! But what anyone dares to boast of (I am speaking in foolishness) I also dare.

2 Corinthians 13:10

I am writing this while I am away, so that when I come I may not have to be severe in virtue of the authority that the Lord has given me to build up and not to tear down.

2 Corinthians 13:2

I warned those who sinned earlier and all the others, and I warn them now while absent, as I did when present on my second visit, that if I come again I will not be lenient,