2Co 2 Corinthians, chapter Second Epistle to the Corinthians, chapter 10

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I'm pleading with you, so that the next time I'm with you I won't have to be as tough as I think I'll have to be, boldly dealing with those who think we behave in worldly ways. 2Co 2:17

2 Corinthians 10:2 in different translations

English

KJV (66 books) 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.

AFINT (Exp US) I ask that when I am present, I will not need to exercise boldness with the confidence I intend to use against some who think that we live according to merely human standards.

AFINT (Lit US) I implore you that when I am present I may not have to act boldly with the confidence with which I intend to be courageous against some who regard us as walking according to the flesh.

ASV 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.

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.

DRA But I beseech you, that I may not be bold when I am present, with that confidence wherewith I am thought to be bold, against some, who reckon us as if we walked according to the flesh.

EMTV But I beseech you that when I am present I may not be bold with the confidence with which I plan to be bold toward some, who consider us as walking according to the flesh.

GNV And this I require you, that I neede not to be bolde when I am present, with that same confidence, wherewith I thinke to bee bolde against some, which esteeme vs as though wee walked according to the flesh.

LSV and I implore [yöu], 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;

NASB I ask that when I am present I need not be bold with the confidence with which I intend to be courageous against some, who regard us as if we walked according to the flesh. NASB 2020

NIV (US) 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.

NIV (UK) I beg you that when I come I may not have to be as bold as I expect to be towards some people who think that we live by the standards of this world.

NMV But I beseech (to call upon; appeal; beg) [you], that I may not be bold when I am present with that confidence, which I think to be bold against some, which think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

OJB Now I beg of you that when I am present I may not have to show enough chutzpah to oppose certain persons, the ones considering us to act according to the standards of the basar of the Olam Hazeh.

RV yea, I beseech you, that I may not when present shew courage with the confidence wherewith I count to be bold against some, which count of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

TCENT I ask that when I am present I need not show boldness by daring to oppose those who think that we walk according to the flesh.

T4T I strongly plead with you, “Please do not listen to people who say things like that!” I strongly plead with you not to listen to them, so that when I am there with you I will not need to speak severely to you in the same severe way as I plan to speak to those people who think that I behave like people who are not believers.

WEB (US) 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.

Russian

РСП (66 кн.) Прошу, чтобы мне по пришествии моем не прибегать к той твердой смелости, которую думаю употребить против некоторых, помышляющих о нас, что мы поступаем по плоти.

НРП Прошу вас, не вынуждайте меня, когда я буду у вас, быть смелым и строгим по отношению к тем, кто считает, что мы совершаем служение из-за каких-то человеческих соображений.

Заокская (Кулаков) прошу: не вынуждайте меня, когда приду к вам, прибегать к той смелости, с какой готов я решительно выступить против тех, кто думает, будто мы движимы человеческими слабостями.

СП (БЛ) Прошу вас, не вынуждайте меня вести себя столь же строго, когда я среди вас, как веду себя среди тех, кто считают, что мы живём, как живут люди мира.

Десницкий Прошу вас, не заставляйте меня быть резким, когда приду к вам, – а ведь я решился обойтись сурово с теми, кто счел, будто мы поступаем по законам плоти.

Кассиан прошу, чтобы мне, присутствуя, не проявить храбрости с той решительностью, с какой я думаю показать свою смелость некоторым, думающим о нас, будто мы поступаем по плоти.