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         <div class="label">10</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Paul&#8217;s Defense of His Ministry</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="2CO.10.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">By the humility and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you&#8212;I, Paul, who am &#8220;timid&#8221; when face to face with you, but &#8220;bold&#8221; toward you when away! </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="2CO.10.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">I beg you that when I come I may not have to be as bold as I expect to be toward some people who think that we live by the standards of this world. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="2CO.10.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="2CO.10.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="2CO.10.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CO.10.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, once your obedience is complete.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="2CO.10.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="2CO.10.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">You are judging by appearances.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Look at the obvious facts</span></span></span><span class="content"> If anyone is confident that they belong to Christ, they should consider again that we belong to Christ just as much as they do. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="2CO.10.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">So even if I boast somewhat freely about the authority the Lord gave us for building you up rather than tearing you down, I will not be ashamed of it. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="2CO.10.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you with my letters. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="2CO.10.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">For some say, &#8220;His letters are weighty and forceful, but in person he is unimpressive and his speaking amounts to nothing.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CO.10.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Such people should realize that what we are in our letters when we are absent, we will be in our actions when we are present.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="2CO.10.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="2CO.10.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves. When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are not wise. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="2CO.10.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">We, however, will not boast beyond proper limits, but will confine our boasting to the sphere of service God himself has assigned to us, a sphere that also includes you. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="2CO.10.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">We are not going too far in our boasting, as would be the case if we had not come to you, for we did get as far as you with the gospel of Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="2CO.10.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Neither do we go beyond our limits by boasting of work done by others. Our hope is that, as your faith continues to grow, our sphere of activity among you will greatly expand, </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="2CO.10.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">so that we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond you. For we do not want to boast about work already done in someone else&#8217;s territory. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="2CO.10.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">But, &#8220;Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">10:17 </span><span class="ft">Jer. 9:24</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="2CO.10.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">For it is not the one who commends himself who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.9.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">This is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.9.23"><span class="content">&#8220;Let not the wise boast of their wisdom</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.9.23"><span class="content">or the strong boast of their strength</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.9.23"><span class="content">or the rich boast of their riches,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.9.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.9.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">but let the one who boasts boast about this:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.9.24"><span class="content">that they have the understanding to know me,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.9.24"><span class="content">that I am the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, who exercises kindness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.9.24"><span class="content">justice and righteousness on earth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.9.24"><span class="content">for in these I delight,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.9.24"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.9.24"><span class="content">  </span></span></div>
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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EPH.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith&#8212;and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EPH.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">not by works, so that no one can boast. </span></span></div>
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