1 PBS Niwe Paulus, ni tebapa ho nihehe fuele tangha nifafa ee ehana pong re nifuka nilong ee! BSB BSB: Now by the mildness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am humble when face to face with you, but bold when away.
2 PBS Niwa Ee ni efahahako nepara nine ninalung-lug watopa pina feng nihahi teba nitejeng ee teni nemote fitong kang wea. BSB BSB: I beg you that when I come I may not need to be as bold as I expect toward those who presume that we live according to the flesh.
3 PBS Bamua nete nete fitong fitongne jaung ne enaka. BSB BSB: For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.
4 PBS Ta nene moto ping lang hoe keing fitong ping pe ka ping nene ja lelepa pa kote Tata nafeng ke jalelepa kutaku kule. BSB BSB: The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
5 PBS Japa feng-feng nebang tefata teba ibo pa netapefa Tata. Teba Tata pi tejaji ee hupa pung tete tepapa Kristus, BSB BSB: We demolish arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
6 PBS ne netepipa reng-reg newe fefe hafeg moto ana hefeng nene ing to ang-ang. BSB BSB: And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, as soon as your obedience is complete.
7 PBS Jepa hefeng ing lotopa mefofope ana teba hefeng nene ing hupalang ke ing Kristus bake, nera Kristus bake anarake. BSB BSB: You are looking at outward appearances. If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ, he should remind himself that we belong to Christ just as much as he does.
8 PBS Ni makite ni eremele ho jano Tata welengkoto ing, nawete ke ing neweho teteka wajapa ing nirowoka. BSB BSB: For even if I boast somewhat excessively about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up rather than tearing you down, I will not be ashamed.
9 PBS Nilolo ong ne ana ni efopa neleko efu wa ropo nine. BSB BSB: I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you by my letters.
10 PBS Teba teni ropo napepe ing nafeng, "Pa kemele honepara nepara tenako ekung pa piong nawo." BSB BSB: For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but his physical presence is unimpressive, and his speaking is of no account.”
11 PBS Teba teni ropo napepe ing nafeng pa reng reg kemele honepara nepara neteko ekung pa piong nawo." BSB BSB: Such people should consider that what we are in our letters when absent, we will be in our actions when present.
12 PBS Teba noing tenelaka teba ing netete ing piteni, nete aha tewote teni neteng towofa pa no tete ing piteni bamua teba topo. BSB BSB: We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they show their ignorance.
13 PBS None honeweteteka nemomo noa keho jano Tata weikoto wakote era. BSB BSB: We, however, will not boast beyond our limits, but only within the field of influence that God has assigned to us—a field that reaches even to you.
14 PBS Tata ropoke newenanako te ee jano keho nene rufaka neufananete ee nefika. BSB BSB: We are not overstepping our bounds, as if we had not come to you. Indeed, we were the first to reach you with the gospel of Christ.
15 PBS Eba kaum jano eloele nepi netongka jeng koho teweineka newanete jano kongli hefeng epinetong hoee, BSB BSB: Neither do we boast beyond our limits in the labors of others. But we hope that as your faith increases, our area of influence among you will greatly increase as well,
16 PBS Nemote ropo newenana jeng habang ana jeng ee hoeteka wa jana tere teba kaum jeng jano keho tewei te. BSB BSB: so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. Then we will not be boasting in the work already done in another man’s territory.
17 PBS Ba ne ete nekewe Tata. BSB BSB: Rather, “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”
18 PBS Teba netete piteni teba ingkaea pung wape teba Tata kewo pikelong. BSB BSB: For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.
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