^{1 Ref} And I, Paul, myself, do call upon you -- through the meekness and gentleness of the Christ -- who in presence, indeed `am' humble among you, and being absent, have courage toward you,

^{2 Ref} 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;

^{3 Ref} for walking in the flesh, not according to the flesh do we war,

^{4 Ref} for the weapons of our warfare `are' not fleshly, but powerful to God for bringing down of strongholds,

^{5 Ref} reasonings bringing down, and every high thing lifted up against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of the Christ,

^{6 Ref} and being in readiness to avenge every disobedience, whenever your obedience may be fulfilled.

^{7 Ref} The things in presence do ye see? if any one hath trusted in himself to be Christ's, this let him reckon again from himself, that according as he is Christ's, so also we `are' Christ's;

^{8 Ref} for even if also anything more abundantly I shall boast concerning our authority, that the Lord gave us for building up, and not for casting you down, I shall not be ashamed;

^{9 Ref} that I may not seem as if I would terrify you through the letters,

^{10 Ref} `because the letters indeed -- saith one -- `are' weighty and strong, and the bodily presence weak, and the speech despicable.'

^{11 Ref} This one -- let him reckon thus: that such as we are in word, through letters, being absent, such also, being present, `we are' in deed.