2 Corinthians 10:2

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

I beg you that when I come I may not need to be as bold as I expect toward those who presume that we live according to the flesh.

In context

1 Now by the mildness and gentleness of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul, who am humble when face to face with you, but bold when away.

2 I beg you that when I come I may not need to be as bold as I expect toward those who presume that we live according to the flesh.

3 For though we live in the flesh, we do not wage war according to the flesh.

4 The weapons of our warfare are not the weapons of the world. Instead, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.

BSB Berean Standard Bible: I beg you that when I come I may not need to be as bold as I expect toward those who presume that we live according to the flesh.
KJV King James Version: 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.
WEB World English Bible: Yes, I beg you that I may not, when present, show courage with the confidence with which I intend to be bold against some, who consider us to be walking according to the flesh.
ASV American Standard Version: yea, I beseech you, that I may not when present show courage with the confidence wherewith I count to be bold against some, who count of us as if we walked according to the flesh.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: and I beseech [you], that, being present, I may not have courage, with the confidence with which I reckon to be bold against certain reckoning us as walking according to the flesh;
DBY Darby Translation: but I beseech that present I may not be bold with the confidence with which I think to be daring towards some who think of us as walking according to flesh.
WBS Webster Bible: But I beseech you , that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, with which I think to be bold against some, who think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.