2 Corinthians 10 (NET)

2 Corinthians 10:1¹Now I, Paul, appeal to you personally by the meekness and gentleness of Christ (I who am meek when present among you, but am full of courage toward you when away!)?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 10:10Matt 11:29Gal 5:2Rom 12:1Isa 42:3-42 Cor 12:7-91 Cor 2:32 Cor 11:301 Cor 16:21-221 Cor 4:10

2 Corinthians 10:2²now I ask that when I am present I may not have to be bold with the confidence that (I expect) I will dare to use against some who consider us to be behaving according to human standards.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 13:102 Cor 13:2Gal 5:16-25Eph 2:2-31 Cor 4:18-212 Cor 12:13-202 Cor 11:9-13Rom 8:1Rom 8:5

2 Corinthians 10:3³For though we live as human beings, we do not wage war according to human standards,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 10:41 Pet 4:1-2Gal 2:20Rom 8:132 Tim 2:3-41 Tim 1:182 Tim 4:7Heb 12:1

2 Corinthians 10:4⁴for the weapons of our warfare are not human weapons, but are made powerful by God for tearing down strongholds. We tear down argumentsCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 6:7Eph 6:13-18Jer 1:101 Cor 2:51 Sam 17:45-502 Cor 13:3-41 Tim 1:18Zech 4:6-7Rom 13:121 Thess 5:8

2 Corinthians 10:5⁵and every arrogant obstacle that is raised up against the knowledge of God, and we take every thought captive to make it obey Christ.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 4:12Isa 55:71 Pet 1:14-15Rom 7:23Matt 15:19Rom 1:21Jer 4:141 Cor 3:19Isa 2:11-12Ps 139:2

2 Corinthians 10:6⁶We are also ready to punish every act of disobedience, whenever your obedience is complete.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 2:9Num 16:26-302 Cor 7:151 Cor 5:3-52 Cor 13:2Acts 5:3-112 Cor 13:10Acts 13:10-111 Tim 1:203 John 1:10

2 Corinthians 10:7⁷You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should reflect on this again: Just as he himself belongs to Christ, so too do we.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 7:241 Cor 14:372 Cor 5:122 Cor 11:231 Cor 3:231 Cor 9:11 John 4:61 Cor 1:121 Sam 16:72 Cor 10:1

2 Corinthians 10:8⁸For if I boast somewhat more about our authority that the Lord gave us for building you up and not for tearing you down, I will not be ashamed of doing so.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 13:102 Tim 1:122 Cor 1:242 Cor 12:62 Cor 13:2-32 Cor 13:8Gal 1:12 Cor 7:14

2 Corinthians 10:9⁹I do not want to seem as though I am trying to terrify you with my letters,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 4:19-211 Cor 4:52 Cor 10:10

2 Corinthians 10:10¹⁰because some say, ?His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is weak and his speech is of no account.?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 1:17Exod 4:102 Cor 11:62 Cor 12:5-9Gal 4:13-14Jer 1:61 Cor 2:1-41 Cor 1:212 Cor 10:1

2 Corinthians 10:11¹¹Let such a person consider this: What we say by letters when we are absent, we also are in actions when we are present.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Cor 12:202 Cor 13:102 Cor 13:2-31 Cor 4:19-20

2 Corinthians 10:12¹²For we would not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some of those who recommend themselves. But when they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are without understanding.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 27:2Prov 26:122 Cor 10:18Luke 18:11Rom 15:182 Cor 3:1Prov 25:272 Cor 5:12Job 12:2

2 Corinthians 10:13¹³But we will not boast beyond certain limits, but will confine our boasting according to the limits of the work to which God has appointed us, that reaches even as far as you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Pet 4:10Rom 12:62 Cor 10:14-15Eph 4:7Rom 12:3Rom 15:201 Cor 12:11Isa 28:17Matt 25:15Prov 25:14

2 Corinthians 10:14¹⁴For we were not overextending ourselves, as though we did not reach as far as you, because we were the first to reach as far as you with the gospel about Christ.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 1:161 Cor 4:151 Tim 1:111 Cor 2:101 Cor 3:5-61 Cor 9:1-22 Cor 2:122 Cor 3:1-32 Cor 4:4Acts 20:24

2 Corinthians 10:15¹⁵Nor do we boast beyond certain limits in the work done by others, but we hope that as your faith continues to grow, our work may be greatly expanded among you according to our limits,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Thess 1:3Rom 15:202 Cor 10:13Acts 5:13

2 Corinthians 10:16¹⁶so that we may preach the gospel in the regions that lie beyond you, and not boast of work already done in another person?s area.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Rom 15:24-28Acts 19:21

2 Corinthians 10:17¹⁷But the one who boasts must boast in the Lord.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 9:23-241 Cor 1:31Jas 1:9-10Isa 65:16Ps 105:31 Cor 1:29Jer 4:2Phil 3:3Gal 6:13-14Rom 5:11

2 Corinthians 10:18¹⁸For it is not the person who commends himself who is approved, but the person the Lord commends.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong?sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 21:2Luke 16:151 Cor 4:5Rom 2:292 Cor 10:12John 12:43Luke 18:10-14John 5:42-44Prov 27:2Rom 14:18