10:1  ipse autem ego Paulus obsecro vos      1.  Now I Paul myself beseech you by  
per mansuetudinem et modestiam Christi       the meekness and gentleness of Christ,  
qui in facie quidem humilis inter vos        who in presence am base among you, but  
absens autem confido in vobis                being absent am bold toward you:
                                             
10:2  rogo autem ne praesens audeam per      2.  But I beseech you, that I may not  
eam confidentiam qua existimo audere in      be bold when I am present with that  
quosdam qui arbitrantur nos tamquam          confidence, wherewith I think to be  
secundum carnem ambulemus                    bold against some, which think of us as  
                                             if we walked according to the flesh.
                                             
10:3  in carne enim ambulantes non           3.  For though we walk in the flesh, we  
secundum carnem militamus                    do not war after the flesh:
                                             
10:4  nam arma militiae nostrae non          4.  (For the weapons of our warfare are  
carnalia sed potentia Deo ad                 not carnal, but mighty through God to  
destructionem munitionum consilia            the pulling down of strong holds;)
destruentes                                  

10:5  et omnem altitudinem extollentem       5.  Casting down imaginations, and  
se adversus scientiam Dei et in              every high thing that exalteth itself  
captivitatem redigentes omnem                against the knowledge of God, and  
intellectum in obsequium Christi             bringing into captivity every thought  
                                             to the obedience of Christ;
                                             
10:6  et in promptu habentes ulcisci         6.  And having in a readiness to  
omnem inoboedientiam cum impleta fuerit      revenge all disobedience, when your  
vestra oboedientia                           obedience is fulfilled.
                                             
10:7  quae secundum faciem sunt videte       7.  Do ye look on things after the  
si quis confidit sibi Christi se esse        outward appearance? If any man trust to  
hoc cogitet iterum apud se quia sicut        himself that he is Christ's, let him of  
ipse Christi est ita et nos                  himself think this again, that, as he  
                                             is Christ's, even so are we Christ's.
                                             
10:8  nam et si amplius aliquid              8.  For though I should boast somewhat  
gloriatus fuero de potestate nostra          more of our authority, which the Lord  
quam dedit Dominus in aedificationem et      hath given us for edification, and not  
non in destructionem vestram non             for your destruction, I should not be  
erubescam                                    ashamed:
                                             
10:9  ut autem non existimer tamquam         9.  That I may not seem as if I would  
terrere vos per Epistolas                    terrify you by letters.
                                             
10:10  quoniam quidem Epistolae              10.  For his letters, say they, are  
inquiunt graves sunt et fortes               weighty and powerful; but his bodily  
praesentia autem corporis infirma et         presence is weak, and his speech  
sermo contemptibilis                         contemptible.
                                             
10:11  hoc cogitet qui eiusmodi est          11.  Let such an one think this, that,  
quia quales sumus verbo per Epistolas        such as we are in word by letters when  
absentes tales et praesentes in facto        we are absent, such will we be also in  
                                             deed when we are present.
                                             
10:12  non enim audemus inserere aut         12.  For we dare not make ourselves of  
conparare nos quibusdam qui se ipsos         the number, or compare ourselves with  
commendant sed ipsi in nobis nosmet          some that commend themselves: but they  
ipsos metientes et conparantes nosmet        measuring themselves by themselves, and  
ipsos nobis                                  comparing themselves among themselves,  
                                             are not wise.
                                             
10:13  nos autem non in inmensum             13.  But we will not boast of things  
gloriabimur sed secundum mensuram            without our measure, but according to  
regulae quam mensus est nobis Deus           the measure of the rule which God hath  
mensuram pertingendi usque ad vos            distributed to us, a measure to reach  
                                             even unto you.
                                             
10:14  non enim quasi non pertingentes       14.  For we stretch not ourselves  
ad vos superextendimus nos usque ad vos      beyond our measure, as though we  
enim pervenimus in evangelio Christi         reached not unto you: for we are come  
                                             as far as to you also in preaching the  
                                             gospel of Christ:
                                             
10:15  non in inmensum gloriantes in         15.  Not boasting of things without our  
alienis laboribus spem autem habentes        measure, that is, of other men's  
crescentis fidei vestrae in vobis            labours; but having hope, when your  
magnificari secundum regulam nostram in      faith is increased, that we shall be  
abundantiam                                  enlarged by you according to our rule  
                                             abundantly,
                                             
10:16  etiam in illa quae ultra vos          16.  To preach the gospel in the  
sunt evangelizare non in aliena regula       regions beyond you, and not to boast in  
in his quae praeparata sunt gloriari         another man's line of things made ready  
                                             to our hand.
                                             
10:17  qui autem gloriatur in Domino         17.  But he that glorieth, let him  
glorietur                                    glory in the Lord.
                                             
10:18  non enim qui se ipsum commendat       18.  For not he that commendeth himself  
ille probatus est sed quem Dominus           is approved, but whom the Lord  
commendat                                    commendeth.