1 STF Ja, Pavao, osobno vas zaklinjem blagoљcu i obazrivoљcu Kristovom- ja koji sam licem u lice medu vama "skroman", a nenazocan prema vama "odvaћan"- 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 STF molim da, jednom nazocan, ne moram biti odvaћan smionoљcu kojom se kanim osmjeliti protiv nekih љto smatraju da mi po tijelu ћivimo. 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 STF Jer iako ћivimo u tijelu, ne vojujemo po tijelu. BSB BSB: For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.
4 STF Ta oruћje naљega vojevanja nije tjelesno, nego boћanski snaћno za ruљenje utvrda. Obaramo mudrovanja BSB BSB: The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
5 STF i svaku oholost koja se podiћe protiv spoznanja Boga i zarobljujemo svaki um na pokornost Kristu; 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 STF i spremni smo kazniti svaku nepokornost cim bude savrљena vaљa pokornost. BSB BSB: And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, as soon as your obedience is complete.
7 STF Gledajte љto je ocito! Ako je tko uvjeren da je "Kristov", neka sam ponovno promisli ovo: kako je on Kristov, tako smo i mi. 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 STF Kad bih se doista i malo viљe pohvalio naљom vlaљcu- koju nam Gospodin dade za vaљe izgradivanje, a ne ruљenje- ne bih se morao stidjeti. 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 STF Samo da se ne bi cinilo kao da vas zastraљujem poslanicama! BSB BSB: I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you by my letters.
10 STF Jer "poslanice su, kaћe, stroge i snaћne, ali tjelesna nazocnost nemocna i rijec bezvrijedna". 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 STF Takav neka promisli ovo: kakvi smo nenazocni rijecju u poslanicama, takvi smo i nazocni djelom. BSB BSB: Such people should consider that what we are in our letters when absent, we will be in our actions when present.
12 STF Ne usudujemo se, doista, izjednaciti ili usporediti s nekima koji sami sebe preporucuju, ali nisu razumni jer sami sebe sobom mjere i sami sebe sa sobom usporeduju. 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 STF Mi se pak necemo hvaliti u bezmjerje, nego po mjeri, mjerilu љto nam ga odmjeri Bog kao mjeru: doprijeti sve do vas. 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 STF Jer mi ne poseћemo preko svoga, kao da joљ nismo stigli do vas. Ta prvi doista doprijesmo do vas s evandeljem Kristovim. 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 STF Ne hvalimo se u bezmjerje, tudim naporima. A nadamo se da cemo s uzrastom vaљe vjere medu vama i mi- po naљem mjerilu- prerasti u izobilje: 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 STF i preko vaљih granica navijestiti evandelje, a ne hvastati se onim љto je vec ucinjeno na tudem podrucju. 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 STF Tko se hvali, u Gospodinu neka se hvali. BSB BSB: Rather, “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”
18 STF Ta nije prokuљan tko sam sebe preporucuje, nego koga preporucuje Gospodin. 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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