¹Now 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.

¹Ja, Pavao, osobno vas zaklinjem blagošću i obazrivošću Kristovom - ja koji sam licem u lice među vama "skroman", a nenazočan prema vama "odvažan" -

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.

²molim da, jednom nazočan, ne moram biti odvažan smionošću kojom se kanim osmjeliti protiv nekih što smatraju da mi po tijelu živimo.

³For though we walk in the flesh, we don’t wage war according to the flesh;

³Jer iako živimo u tijelu, ne vojujemo po tijelu.

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

⁴Ta oružje našega vojevanja nije tjelesno, nego božanski snažno za rušenje utvrda. Obaramo mudrovanja

⁵throwing 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;

⁵i svaku oholost koja se podiže protiv spoznanja Boga i zarobljujemo svaki um na pokornost Kristu;

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

⁶i spremni smo kazniti svaku nepokornost čim bude savršena vaša pokornost.

⁷Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ’s, let him consider this again with himself, that, even as he is Christ’s, so also we are Christ’s.

⁷Gledajte što je očito! Ako je tko uvjeren da je "Kristov", neka sam ponovno promisli ovo: kako je on Kristov, tako smo i mi.

⁸For though I should boast somewhat abundantly concerning our authority, (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for casting you down) I will not be disappointed,

⁸Kad bih se doista i malo više pohvalio našom vlašću - koju nam Gospodin dade za vaše izgrađivanje, a ne rušenje - ne bih se morao stidjeti.

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

⁹Samo da se ne bi činilo kao da vas zastrašujem poslanicama!

¹⁰For, “His letters,” they say, “are weighty and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is despised.”

¹⁰Jer "poslanice su, kaže, stroge i snažne, ali tjelesna nazočnost nemoćna i riječ bezvrijedna".

¹¹Let such a person consider this, that what we are in word by letters when we are absent, such are we also in deed when we are present.

¹¹Takav neka promisli ovo: kakvi smo nenazočni riječju u poslanicama, takvi smo i nazočni djelom.

¹²For we are not bold to number or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves. But they themselves, measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves with themselves, are without understanding.

¹²Ne usuđujemo se, doista, izjednačiti ili usporediti s nekima koji sami sebe preporučuju, ali nisu razumni jer sami sebe sobom mjere i sami sebe sa sobom uspoređuju.

¹³But we will not boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to you.

¹³Mi se pak nećemo hvaliti u bezmjerje, nego po mjeri, mjerilu što nam ga odmjeri Bog kao mjeru: doprijeti sve do vas.

¹⁴For we don’t stretch ourselves too much, as though we didn’t reach to you. For we came even as far as to you with the Good News of Christ,

¹⁴Jer mi ne posežemo preko svoga, kao da još nismo stigli do vas. Ta prvi doista doprijesmo do vas s evanđeljem Kristovim.

¹⁵not boasting beyond proper limits in other men’s labors, but having hope that as your faith grows, we will be abundantly enlarged by you in our sphere of influence,

¹⁵Ne hvalimo se u bezmjerje, tuđim naporima. A nadamo se da ćemo s uzrastom vaše vjere među vama i mi - po našem mjerilu - prerasti u izobilje:

¹⁶so as to preach the Good News even to the parts beyond you, not to boast in what someone else has already done.

¹⁶i preko vaših granica navijestiti evanđelje, a ne hvastati se onim što je već učinjeno na tuđem području.

¹⁷But “he who boasts, let him boast in the Lord.” Jeremiah 9:24

¹⁷Tko se hvali, u Gospodinu neka se hvali.

¹⁸For it isn’t he who commends himself who is approved, but whom the Lord commends.

¹⁸Ta nije prokušan tko sam sebe preporučuje, nego koga preporučuje Gospodin.