Paul’s Apostolic Authority 1 TNT I Paule my silfe beseche you by the mekenes and softnes of Christ which when I am present amonge you am of no reputacion but am bolde towarde you beinge absent. 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 TNT I besech you that I nede not to be bolde when I am present (with that same confidence wher with I am supposed to be bolde) agaynst some which repute vs as though we walked carnally. 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 TNT Neverthelesse though we walke compased with the fleshe yet we warre not flesshlye BSB BSB: For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.
4 TNT For the weapes of oure warre are not carnall thinges but thynges myghty in god to cast doune stronge holdes BSB BSB: The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the flesh. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.
5 TNT wherwith we overthrowe ymaginacyons and every hye thynge that exalteh it silfe agaynst the knowledge of god and brynge into captivite all vnderstondynge to the obedience of Christ 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 TNT and are redy to take vengeaunce on all disobedience when youre obedience is fulfilled. BSB BSB: And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, as soon as your obedience is complete.
7 TNT Loke ye on thynges after the vtter apparence? Yf eny man trust in him silfe that he is Christis let the same also considre of him silfe that as he is Christis even so are we Christes. 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 TNT And though I shuld bost my silfe somewhat moare of oure auctorite which the lorde hath geven vs to edifie and not to destroye you it shulde not be to my shame. 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 TNT This saye I lest I shuld seme as though I went about to make you a frayde with letters. BSB BSB: I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you by my letters.
10 TNT For the pistles (sayth he) are sore and stronge: but his bodyly presence is weake and his speache rude. 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 TNT Let him that is soche thynke on this wyse that as we are in wordes by letters when we are absent soche are we in dedes when we are present. BSB BSB: Such people should consider that what we are in our letters when absent, we will be in our actions when present.
12 TNT For we cannot fynde in oure hertes to make oure selves of the nombre of them or to compare oure selves to them which laude the selves neuerthelesse whill they measure the selves with them selves and compare the selves with the selves they vnderstode nought. 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 TNT But we wyll not reioyce above measure: but accordynge to the quantitie of the measure which god hath distributed vnto vs a measure that reacheth even vnto you. 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 TNT For we stretche uot out oure selves beyode measure as though we had not reached vnto you. For even vnto you have we come with the gospell of Christ 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 TNT and we bost not oure selves out of measure in other mens labours. Ye and we hope when youre fayth is increased amonge you to be magnified acordynge to oure measure more largely 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 TNT and to preache the gospell in those regions which are beyode you: and not to reioyce of that which is by another mans measure prepared all redy. 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 TNT Let him that reioyseth reioyce in the lorde. BSB BSB: Rather, “Let him who boasts boast in the Lord.”
18 TNT For he that prayseth him silfe is not alowed: but he whom the lorde prayseth. 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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