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.

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:

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.

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 don’t wage war according to the flesh;

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

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

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

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;

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 will be made full.

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

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.

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 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,

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 desire to 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 is despised.”

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

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.

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 some of those who 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 boast beyond proper limits, but within the boundaries with which God appointed to us, which reach even to 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 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,

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

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

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

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

¹⁷Sed kiu fieras, tiu fieru en la Eternulo.

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

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