2Cor 10:1-6 | ESV | STEP | I , Paul , myself entreat you , by the meekness and gentleness of Christ —I who am humble when face to face with you , but bold toward you when I am away !

2 Corinthians 10:1-6

Paul Defends His Ministry

1 ^aI, Paul, myself entreat you, by the ^bmeekness and gentleness of Christ—I who am humble when face to face with you, but bold toward you when I am away!— 2 I beg of you ^cthat when I am present I may not have to show ^dboldness with such confidence as I count on showing against some who suspect us of walking according to the flesh. 3 For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. 4 For the ^eweapons of ^four warfare are not of the flesh but have ^gdivine power ^hto destroy strongholds. 5 We destroy arguments and ⁱevery lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to ^jobey Christ, 6 ^kbeing ready to punish every disobedience, ^lwhen your obedience is complete.