¹Now I Paul myself entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ, I who in your presence am lowly among you, but being absent am of good courage toward you:

¹Mi mem, Pauxlo, petegas vin pro la mildeco kaj dolcxanimeco de Kristo, mi, kiu en via cxeesto estas humila inter vi, sed, forestante, tre kuragxas rilate al vi:

²yea, 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.

²mi mem petegas vin, ke cxeestante, mi ne kuragxu per la insisteco, per kiu mi bontrovas kuragxi kontraux iuj, kiuj rigardas nin kiel lauxkarne iradantajn.

³For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh

³CXar kvankam ni iradas en karno, tamen ni ne militadas laux karno

⁴(for the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh, but mighty before God to the casting down of strongholds),

⁴(cxar la iloj de nia militado estas ne lauxkarnaj, sed potencaj antaux Dio por la dejxetado de fortikajxoj);

⁵casting down imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ;

⁵dejxetante diskutojn, kaj cxian altajxon levatan kontraux la scio konforma al Dio, kaj ekkaptante cxiun penson al la obeo al Kristo,

⁶and being in readiness to avenge all disobedience, when your obedience shall be made full.

⁶kaj starante pretaj puni cxian malobeon, tuj kiam via obeo plenumigxos.

⁷Ye look at the things that are before your face. If any man trusteth in himself that he is Christ's, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ's, so also are we.

⁷Vi rigardas la aferojn antaux via vizagxo. Se iu fidas en si mem, ke li apartenas al Kristo, li denove pripensu en si mem, ke kiel li apartenas al Kristo, tiel same ankaux ni.

⁸For though I should glory somewhat abundantly concerning our authority (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down), I shall not be put to shame:

⁸CXar ecx se mi fierus iom supermezure pri nia auxtoritato (kiun donis la Sinjoro, por vin edifi, kaj ne por vin dejxeti), mi ne hontus;

⁹that I may not seem as if I would terrify you by my letters.

⁹por ke ne sxajnu, kvazaux mi volus timigi vin per miaj leteroj.

¹⁰For, His letters, they say, are weighty and strong; but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech of no account.

¹⁰CXar, oni diras, liaj leteroj estas gravaj kaj fortaj; sed lia korpa aspekto estas malforta, kaj lia parolo malsxatinda.

¹¹Let such a one reckon this, that, what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such [are we] also in deed when we are present.

¹¹Tiu homo konsideru, ke kiaj, forestante, ni estas per leteroj, tiaj, cxeestante, ni estas ankaux per agado.

¹²For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with certain of them that commend themselves: but they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.

¹²CXar ni ne kuragxas nin interkalkuli aux kompari kun iuj el la sin rekomendantaj; cxar ili estas neprudentaj, mezurante sin laux si mem kaj komparante sin al si mem.

¹³But we will not glory beyond [our] measure, but according to the measure of the province which God apportioned to us as a measure, to reach even unto you.

¹³Sed ni fieros ne pretermezure, sed laux la amplekso de la mezurilo, kiun Dio destinis al ni, por mezuri, por atingi ecx gxis vi.

¹⁴For we stretch not ourselves overmuch, as though we reached not unto you: for we came even as far as unto you in the gospel of Christ:

¹⁴CXar ni ne tro etendas nin, kvazaux ni ne atingus gxis vi; cxar ni jam venis gxis vi en la evangelio de Kristo,

¹⁵not glorying beyond [our] measure, [that is,] in other men's labors; but having hope that, as your faith groweth, we shall be magnified in you according to our province unto [further] abundance,

¹⁵ne fierante pretermezure, nome en laboroj malpropraj, sed esperante, ke dum kreskos via fido, ni kreskos en vi laux nia mezurilo gxis plua abundo,

¹⁶so as to preach the gospel even unto the parts beyond you, [and] not to glory in another's province in regard of things ready to our hand.

¹⁶por prediki la evangelion gxis la regionoj preter vi, kaj ne fieri pri malpropra mezurilo rilate al aferoj jam faritaj.

¹⁷But he that glorieth, let him glory in the Lord.

¹⁷Sed kiu fieras, tiu fieru en la Eternulo.

¹⁸For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.

¹⁸CXar ne tiu, kiu sin mem rekomendas, estas akceptata, sed tiu, kiun rekomendas la Sinjoro.