¹Aga mina, Paulus, julgustan teid Kristuse tasaduse ja leebuse läbi, mina, kes ma teie palge ees olevat alandlik, kuid eemal viibides julge teie vastu.

¹But I myself, Paul, entreat you by the meekness and gentleness of the Christ, who, as to appearance, [when present] [am] mean among you, but absent am bold towards you;

²Ma palun teid, et ma teie juures viibides ei peaks olema julge selles meelekindluses, millega ma kavatsen vastata nendele, kes arvavad meid lihaliku loomuse järgi kõndivat.

²but I beseech that present I may not be bold with the confidence with which I think to be daring towards some who think of us as walking according to flesh.

³Sest ka lihalikus ihus elades ei sõdi me selle loomuse järgi,

³For walking in flesh, we do not war according to flesh.

⁴meie võitluse relvad ei ole ju lihalikud, vaid need on Jumalas vägevad kindluste mahalõhkumiseks. Me kummutame targutused

⁴For the arms of our warfare [are] not fleshly, but powerful according to God to [the] overthrow of strongholds;

⁵ja purustame iga kõrkuse, mis tõstab end jumalatunnetuse vastu, ja me võtame vangi Kristuse sõnakuulmisse kõik mõtted

⁵overthrowing reasonings and every high thing that lifts itself up against the knowledge of God, and leading captive every thought into the obedience of the Christ;

⁶ja oleme valmis nuhtlema iga sõnakuulmatust, kui teie sõnakuulelikkus on saanud täielikuks.

⁶and having in readiness to avenge all disobedience when your obedience shall have been fulfilled.

⁷Vaadake silmanähtavat! Kui keegi on veendunud, et ta on Kristuse päralt, arvestagu siis eneses ka seda, et nagu tema ise on Kristuse päralt, nii oleme seda ka meie.

⁷Do ye look at what concerns appearance? If any one has confidence in himself that he is of Christ, let him think this again in himself, that even as he [is] of Christ, so also [are] we.

⁸Sest kui ma ka kiitleksin meie meelevallast, mille Issand on andnud teie ehitamiseks ja mitte mahalõhkumiseks, siis ma ei jääks häbisse.

⁸For and if I should boast even somewhat more abundantly of our authority, which the Lord has given [to us] for building up and not for your overthrowing, I shall not be put to shame;

⁹Aga ma ei taha jätta muljet, nagu püüaksin ma teid kirjadega hirmutada.

⁹that I may not seem as if I was frightening you by letters:

¹⁰'Jah, tema kirjad,' öeldakse, 'on küll kaalukad ja võimsad, kuid ihulikult meie juures olles on ta nõder ja ta sõna on armetu.'

¹⁰because his letters, he says, [are] weighty and strong, but his presence in the body weak, and his speech naught.

¹¹Niisugused arvestagu, et me oleme kohal olles samasugused kui eemalt oma kirjade sõnades.

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

¹²Me ei söanda endid nende sekka arvata või nendega kõrvutada, kes end ise teile soovitavad, sest nemad ei mõista, et nad mõõdavad end iseendaga ja kõrvutavad end iseendaga.

¹²For we dare not class ourselves or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves; but these, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are not intelligent.

¹³Aga me ei taha kiidelda mõõtu pidamata, vaid selle korra mõõdu kohaselt, mille Jumal meile on mõõduks määranud, et jõuda ka teieni.

¹³Now *we* will not boast out of measure, but according to the measure of the rule which the God of measure has apportioned to us, to reach to you also.

¹⁴Ei ole ju nõnda, et me end küllalt ei pinguta, nagu me ei olekski teieni ulatunud, sest me oleme ju Kristuse evangeeliumiga teieni jõudnud.

¹⁴For we do not, as not reaching to you, overstretch ourselves, (for we have come to you also in the glad tidings of the Christ;)

¹⁵Me ei kiitle mõõtu pidamata võõraste vaevaga, meil on aga lootus, et kui teie usk teie sees kasvab, siis kasvame ka meie üliväga meile määratud korra kohaselt,

¹⁵not boasting out of measure in other people's labours, but having hope, your faith increasing, to be enlarged amongst you, according to our rule, yet more abundantly

¹⁶nii et me võime kuulutada evangeeliumi teist kaugematele maadele, kiitlemata sellega, mis on juba valmis kellelegi teisele antud korra kohaselt.

¹⁶to announce the glad tidings to that [which is] beyond you, not to be boasting in another's rule of things made ready to hand.

¹⁷Kes tahab kiidelda, kiidelgu Issanda üle!

¹⁷But he that boasts, let him boast in the Lord.

¹⁸Kõlblik ei ole ju see, kes ennast ise soovitab, vaid see, keda soovitab Issand.

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