2 Corinthians 10:8
For if I should boast somewhat more of the authority which our Lord hath given me, I should not blush; because for your edification he gave it to me, and not for your destruction.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
9But I insist not, that I may not be considered as one who would terrify you by my epistles.
Cross References
2 Corinthians 1:24Not because we are lords of your faith, but are helpers of your joy; for by faith you stand.
2 Corinthians 12:6Yet if I willed to boast, I should not be a fool, for I say the truth; but I spare, lest any one think of me beyond that which he seeth me (to be), and what he heareth of me.
2 Corinthians 13:8For we are not able to do any thing against the truth, but for the truth.
Galatians 1:1Paulos, an apostle, not from men, nor by men, but by Jeshu the Meshiha, and Aloha his Father, who raised him from among the dead,
Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 10:8-12
The Apostle's Spiritual Authority. ( a. d. 57.) 7 Do ye look on things after the outward appearance? If any man trust to himself that he is Christ's, let him of himself think this again, that, as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's. 8 For though I should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed: 9 That I may not seem as if I would terrify you by letters. 10 For his letters, say they, are weighty and powerful; but… Read the whole commentary →