2 Corinthians 10:1-3

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Paul’s Authority to Speak Forcefully

10 Now I myself, Paul, plead with you with the gentleness and kindness of the Messiah^[a]—I who am humble when I am face to face with you but forceful toward you when I am away! ² I beg you that when I come I will not need to be courageous by daring to oppose some people who think that we are living according to the flesh. ³ Of course, we are living in the world,^[b] but we do not wage war in a world-like^[c] way.