10 “See, (A)I have appointed you this day over the nations and over the kingdoms,
(B)To pluck up and to break down,
To destroy and to overthrow,
(C)To build and to plant.”

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For even if (A)I boast somewhat [a]further about our (B)authority, which the Lord gave for building you up and not for destroying you, I will not be put to shame,

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 10:8 Or more abundantly

10 For this reason I am writing these things while absent, so that when present (A)I need not use (B)severity, in accordance with the (C)authority which the Lord gave me for building up and not for tearing down.

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