2 Corinthians 10:8

for besides if-supposing I-may-boast something more-excessive about of{the authority of{us} which} the Lord gives to{us} into house-build-ment and not into lift-down-sis[i.e. state of being lifted down] of{you}, I-will_not_be-shamed,

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

7You-are-viewing the[plural] according-to face. If someone has-been-persuaded to{sameself} of{Anointed} to-be-being the-same, [he:] be-word-izing/reckoning/accounting-self again from of{sameself}, that according-as same of{Anointed}, the-same-ly also we,

9in-which-place I-would_not_esteem as supposing to-be-fearing-out/frightening/alarming you through of{the send-upons[i.e. communications]},

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 1:24not that we-are-lording of{the faith} of{you}; contrariwise, we-are-being together-workers of{the joy} of{you}, for to{the faith} you-have-stood.

2 Corinthians 12:6for if-supposing I-may-will to-boast, I-will_not_be imprudent, for I-will-say truth. Moreover, I-am-sparing. No anyone may-word-ize/reckon/account-self into emphatically-me over which he-is-viewing me or is-hearing something out of{emphatically-me},

2 Corinthians 13:8for we-are_not_being-enabled anything against of{the truth}; contrariwise, over/for-the-sake of{the truth},

Galatians 1:1Paul, sent-off[one] not from of{men} nor through of{man}; contrariwise, through of{Jesus Anointed} and of{God, Father, the rouse[ing]} same out of{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 →

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