2 Corinthians 10:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

I beg you that when I am present I will not need to be bold with the confidence by which I plan to challenge certain people who think we are living according to the flesh.

Tuilleadh leaganacha

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

I entreat you when I do come [to you] that I may not [be driven to such] boldness as I intend to show toward those few who suspect us of acting according to the flesh [on the low level of worldly motives and as if invested with only human powers].

American Standard Version (1901)

yea, 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.

Common English Bible

I beg you that when I’m with you in person, I won’t have to boss you around. I’m afraid that I may have to use that kind of behavior with those people who think we live by human standards.

Catholic Public Domain Version

So I am petitioning you, lest I be bold, when present, with that bold confidence that I am considered to have by certain ones who judge us as if we were walking according to the flesh.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

But 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.

2 Corinthians 10:2 Tagairtí Cros

Romans 8:1

Therefore, there is now no condemnation  for those in  Christ Jesus,  ,

Romans 8:4

in order that the law’s requirement would be fulfilled  in us who do not walk according to the flesh  but according to the Spirit.

Romans 8:5

For those who live according to the flesh have their minds set on the things of the flesh,  but those who live according to the Spirit have their minds set on the things of the Spirit.

2 Corinthians 1:17

Now when I planned this, was I of two minds? Or what I plan, do I plan in a purely human  , way, so that I say ‘Yes, yes’ and ‘No, no’ at the same time?

2 Corinthians 11:21

I say this to our shame: We have been too weak for that! But in whatever anyone dares to boast #– #I am talking foolishly #– #I also dare:

2 Corinthians 13:10

This is why I am writing these things while absent, so that when I am there I may not have to deal harshly with you, in keeping with the authority the Lord gave me for building up  and not for tearing down.

2 Corinthians 13:2

I gave a warning when I was present the second time, and now I give a warning  while I am absent to those who sinned before and to all the rest: If I come again, I will not be lenient,