Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, who in presence am base among you, but being absent am bold toward you:
2CO.10:2 But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
2CO.10:3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh:
2CO.10:4 (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;)
2CO.10:5 Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
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