Look at what is obvious.[a] If anyone is confident that he belongs to Christ,(A) he should remind himself of this: Just as he belongs to Christ, so do we. For if I boast some more about our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up(B) and not for tearing you down, I am not ashamed. I don’t want to seem as though I am trying to terrify you with my letters.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 10:7 Or You are looking at things outwardly

[a]Look ye on things after the [b]appearance? If any man trust in himself that he is Christ’s, let him consider this again of [c]himself, that as he is Christ’s, even so are we Christ’s.

For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should have no shame.

This I say, that I may not seem as it were to fear you with letters.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 10:7 He beateth into their heads that same matter, with great weight of words and sentences.
  2. 2 Corinthians 10:7 Do ye judge of things according to the outward show.
  3. 2 Corinthians 10:7 Not being told of it by me.