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2 Corinthians 10:2 KJV
2 Corinthians · chapter 10 · verse 2
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.2 Corinthians 10:2 · King James Version
2 Corinthians 10:2 in context
1Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:
2But 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.
3For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
4(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
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Key words (Strong's)
- confidencepepoithēsistrust, confidence, relianceG4006 →
- wherewithhoswho, which, what, thatG3739 →
- accordingkatadown from, through out, according to, toward, alongG2596 →
- beseechdeomaito want, lack, to desire, long for, to ask, beg, the thing asked for, to pray, make…G1189 →
- presentpareimito be by, be at hand, to have arrived, to be present, to be ready, in store, at commandG3918 →
- againstepiupon, on, at, by, before, of position, on, at, by, over, against, to, over, on, at…G1909 →
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Here we may observe, I. The mild and humble manner in which the blessed apostle addresses the Corinthians, and how desirous he is that no occasion may be given him to use severity. 1. He addresses them in a very mild and humble manner: I Paul myself beseech you, Co2 10:1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-6