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If I Boast In My Authority In Christ, I Will Not Be Put To Shame

You are[a] looking at things according to appearance. If someone[b] is confident in himself that he is Christ’s[c], let him consider this again in himself: that just as he is Christ’s, so also are we. For if I should boast anything more about our authority, which the Lord gave for building-up and not for tearing you down, I shall not be put-to-shame— in order that I may not seem[d] as-if I would [merely] frighten you by my letters!

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 10:7 You are... appearance. This sentence can be rendered in several ways, all implying ‘Look deeper!’
  2. 2 Corinthians 10:7 That is, one of the ‘some’ in v 2.
  3. 2 Corinthians 10:7 That is, belongs to Christ; or, is Christ’s servant.
  4. 2 Corinthians 10:9 That is, as ‘some’ say.

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