1Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I, who present indeed am lowly among you, but am bold toward you when absent;

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Matthew 11:29, 2 Corinthians 10:10, Matthew 11:29, 2 Corinthians 10:10, Galatians 5:2

2but I entreat you, that I may not when I am present be bold with that confidence wherewith I think of being bold towards some, who think of us as walking according to the flesh.

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2 Corinthians 13:10, 2 Corinthians 13:10, 2 Corinthians 13:2, 2 Corinthians 13:2, Galatians 5:16

3For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh,

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2 Corinthians 10:4, 2 Corinthians 10:4, Galatians 2:20, Galatians 2:20, 1 Peter 4:1

4(for the weapons of our warfare are not fleshly, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds,)

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2 Corinthians 6:7, 2 Corinthians 6:7, Jeremiah 1:10, Jeremiah 1:10, Ephesians 6:13

5casting down reasonings, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing every purpose into captivity to the obedience of Christ,

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Hebrews 4:12, Hebrews 4:12, Isaiah 55:7, Isaiah 55:7, 1 Peter 1:14

6and being in readiness to punish every disobedience, when the measure of your obedience shall be full.

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2 Corinthians 2:9, 2 Corinthians 2:9, Numbers 16:26, Numbers 16:30, 2 Corinthians 7:15

7Ye look at the outward appearance. If any one trusteth to himself that he belongeth to Christ, let him of himself consider this again, that as he belongeth to Christ, so also do we.

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1 Corinthians 14:37, 2 Corinthians 5:12, 1 Corinthians 14:37, 2 Corinthians 5:12, 2 Corinthians 11:23

8For even if I should boast still more highly of our authority, which the Lord gave us for building you up, and not pulling you down, I should not be put to shame;

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2 Corinthians 13:10, 2 Corinthians 13:10, 2 Corinthians 1:24, Galatians 1:1, 2 Timothy 1:12

9that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.

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2 Corinthians 10:10, 1 Corinthians 4:5, 1 Corinthians 4:19, 1 Corinthians 4:21, 2 Corinthians 10:10

10For his letters, saith one, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech contemptible.

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1 Corinthians 1:17, 1 Corinthians 1:17, 2 Corinthians 11:6, Exodus 4:10, Galatians 4:13

11Let such a one count upon this, that such as we are in word by letters when absent, such will we be also in deed when present.

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2 Corinthians 12:20, 2 Corinthians 13:2, 2 Corinthians 13:3, 2 Corinthians 13:10, 2 Corinthians 12:20

12For we do not venture to reckon ourselves among, or compare ourselves with, some of those who commend themselves; but they, measuring themselves among themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are not wise.

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Proverbs 27:2, Proverbs 27:2, Proverbs 26:12, Proverbs 26:12, Luke 18:11

13But we will not boast of things that are without our measure, but according to the measure of the line which God allotted us,—a measure to reach even to you.

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Romans 15:20, Romans 12:6, 2 Corinthians 10:14, 2 Corinthians 10:15, Romans 15:20

14For we do not stretch ourselves beyond our measure, as though we reached not to you; (for as far as even to you did we come, in the gospel of Christ;)

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Romans 1:16, 1 Corinthians 4:15, 1 Timothy 1:11, Romans 1:16, 1 Corinthians 4:15

15not boasting of things that are without measure, in other men’s labors, but having hope, when your faith is increased, that our line will through you be still further extended,

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Romans 15:20, Romans 15:20, 2 Thessalonians 1:3, 2 Thessalonians 1:3, 2 Corinthians 10:13

16so that we may preach the gospel in the regions beyond you; not boasting, in another’s line, of things made ready to our hand.

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Romans 15:24, Romans 15:28, Romans 15:24, Romans 15:28, Acts 19:21

17But "he that boasteth, let him boast in the Lord."

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Jeremiah 9:23, Jeremiah 9:24, Jeremiah 9:23, Jeremiah 9:24, 1 Corinthians 1:31

18For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but he whom the Lord commendeth.

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Proverbs 21:2, Luke 16:15, Proverbs 21:2, Luke 16:15, Romans 2:29