2 Corinthians 10:2
Greek Text— 2 Corinthians 10:2Yes, 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.
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Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old things have passed away. Behold, all things have become new.
Israel will be saved by Yahweh with an everlasting salvation. You will not be disappointed nor confounded to ages everlasting.
Christ redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us. For it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree,”
That which is born of the flesh is flesh. That which is born of the Spirit is spirit.
Now the natural man doesn’t receive the things of God’s Spirit, for they are foolishness to him, and he can’t know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Being therefore justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ;
Because of him, you are in Christ Jesus, who was made to us wisdom from God, and righteousness and sanctification, and redemption:
and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own, that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith,
“Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes rather, who was raised from the dead, who is at the right hand of God, who also makes intercession for us.
But he, turning around, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, and said, “Get behind me, Satan! For you have in mind not the things of God, but the things of men.”
that the ordinance of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.
He who believes in him is not judged. He who doesn’t believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the one and only Son of God.
For this cause I write these things while absent, that I may not deal sharply when present, according to the authority which the Lord gave me for building up, and not for tearing down.
There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
Let us therefore, as many as are perfect, think this way. If in anything you think otherwise, God will also reveal that to you.
No weapon that is formed against you will prevail; and you will condemn every tongue that rises against you in judgment. This is the heritage of Yahweh’s servants, and their righteousness is of me,” says Yahweh.
But you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.
The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I don’t get thirsty, neither come all the way here to draw.”
Remain in me, and I in you. As the branch can’t bear fruit by itself unless it remains in the vine, so neither can you, unless you remain in me.
Because we have heard that some who went out from us have troubled you with words, unsettling your souls, saying, ‘You must be circumcised and keep the law,’ to whom we gave no commandment;
For God is my witness, whom I serve in my spirit in the Good News of his Son, how unceasingly I make mention of you always in my prayers,
So now it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.
But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if it is so that the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if any man doesn’t have the Spirit of Christ, he is not his.
For as many as are led by the Spirit of God, these are children of God.
What do you want? Shall I come to you with a rod, or in love and a spirit of gentleness?
And I wrote this very thing to you, so that, when I came, I wouldn’t have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy would be shared by all of you.
For even if I boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down, I will not be ashamed,
For, “His letters”, they say, “are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised.”
that again when I come my God would humble me before you, and I would mourn for many of those who have sinned before now, and not repented of the uncleanness, sexual immorality, and lustfulness which they committed.
I have said beforehand, and I do say beforehand, as when I was present the second time, so now, being absent, I write to those who have sinned before now, and to all the rest, that, if I come again, I will not spare;
but there isn’t another “good news.” Only there are some who trouble you and want to pervert the Good News of Christ.
Now about the things which I write to you, behold, before God, I’m not lying.
I wish that those who disturb you would cut themselves off.
But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you won’t fulfill the lust of the flesh.
for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness and righteousness and truth,
But if you have bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your heart, don’t boast and don’t lie against the truth.
but chiefly those who walk after the flesh in the lust of defilement and despise authority. Daring, self-willed, they are not afraid to speak evil of dignitaries;
Yahweh will not leave him in his hand, nor condemn him when he is judged.
One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won’t see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.”
In that day you will know that I am in my Father, and you in me, and I in you.
After these things Paul departed from Athens, and came to Corinth.
being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers,
But if what I don’t desire, that I do, it is no more I that do it, but sin which dwells in me.
nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing will be able to separate us from God’s love which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Therefore I urge you, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service.
For it has been reported to me concerning you, my brothers, by those who are from Chloe’s household, that there are contentions among you.
for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy, strife, and factions among you, aren’t you fleshly, and don’t you walk in the ways of men?
In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, you being gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ,
Behold, I, Paul, tell you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will profit you nothing.
Now the deeds of the flesh are obvious, which are: adultery, sexual immorality, uncleanness, lustfulness,
This testimony is true. For this cause, reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith,
“I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were cold or hot.
He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.
They will walk after Yahweh, who will roar like a lion; for he will roar, and the children will come trembling from the west.
So the assemblies throughout all Judea, Galilee, and Samaria had peace, and were built up. They were multiplied, walking in the fear of the Lord and in the comfort of the Holy Spirit.
even the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ to all and on all those who believe. For there is no distinction,
Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we will be saved from God’s wrath through him.
For he who has died has been freed from sin.
Who could bring a charge against God’s chosen ones? It is God who justifies.
Now I beg you, brothers, through the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfected together in the same mind and in the same judgment.
But we received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit which is from God, that we might know the things that were freely given to us by God.
are to deliver such a one to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
As is the one made of dust, such are those who are also made of dust; and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
For though we walk in the flesh, we don’t wage war according to the flesh;
I know a man in Christ, fourteen years ago (whether in the body, I don’t know, or whether out of the body, I don’t know; God knows), such a one caught up into the third heaven.
This was because of the false brothers secretly brought in, who stole in to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage,
But from those who were reputed to be important—whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God doesn’t show partiality to man—they, I say, who were respected imparted nothing to me,
But if you bite and devour one another, be careful that you don’t consume one another.
Brothers, even if a man is caught in some fault, you who are spiritual must restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to yourself so that you also aren’t tempted.
The Lord’s servant must not quarrel, but be gentle toward all, able to teach, patient,
Putting away therefore all wickedness, all deceit, hypocrisies, envies, and all evil speaking,
There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who don’t walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.
For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.
But I call God for a witness to my soul, that I didn’t come to Corinth to spare you.
Now I Paul, myself, entreat you by the humility and gentleness of Christ, I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you.
For I am afraid that by any means, when I come, I might find you not the way I want to, and that I might be found by you as you don’t desire, that by any means there would be strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, whisperings, proud thoughts, or riots,
I have confidence toward you in the Lord that you will think no other way. But he who troubles you will bear his judgment, whoever he is.