KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
2 Corinthians 10:11–12
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2 Corinthians 10:11
11Let such an one think this, that, such as we are in word by letters when we are absent, such will we be also in deed when we are present.
11Let such a one thinke this: that such as we are in word by letters, when we are absent, such will we be also in deede when we are present.
2 Corinthians 10:12
12For we dare not make ourselves of the number, or compare ourselves with some that commend themselves: but they measuring themselves by themselves, and comparing themselves among themselves, are not wise.
12For we dare not make our selues of the number, or compare our selues with some that commend themselues: but they measuring themselues by themselues, and comparing themselues amongst themselues, ‖are not wise.
- Or, vnderstand it not.
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DEFINED WORDS
2 Corinthians 10:11
To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain.
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Of the kind, degree, or character already named or indicated.
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The number one; a single person or thing; the same or united as a whole.
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To form or hold a thought; to judge, suppose, intend, consider, remember, imagine, or esteem, according to context.
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A spoken or written expression; a saying, message, command, promise, account, or matter.
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Written messages or epistles; also characters of writing.
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Away or not present; withdrawn from a place or person.
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An act or thing done.
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Being at hand or in a place; also a gift, or to bring, offer, show, or give.
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2 Corinthians 10:12
To venture, presume, or have courage or boldness to do something.
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To form, produce, cause, or carry out what the verse states.
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The reflexive or emphatic pronoun referring to the speaker together with others.
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A count or quantity; also to count, reckon, appoint, or include among a group.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
To examine together, liken, or set one thing beside another to show likeness or difference.
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To entrust to another's care; also to praise or recommend.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893)
But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893) · KJV usage
Determining size, quantity, extent, or proportion by a standard.
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Examining the relations of things to each other; likening.
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Having knowledge, discernment, sound judgment, prudence, or skill.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage · Skeat, Bible Words Glossary (1893) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 11
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Open the full verse study20For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
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Open the full verse study10Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.
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Open the full verse study2I told you before, and foretell you, as if I were present, the second time; and being absent now I write to them which heretofore have sinned, and to all other, that, if I come again, I will not spare:
3Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.
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Open the full verse study19But I will come to you shortly, if the Lord will, and will know, not the speech of them which are puffed up, but the power.
20For the kingdom of God is not in word, but in power.
From verse 12
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Open the full verse study2Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
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Open the full verse study12Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
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Open the full verse study18For not he that commendeth himself is approved, but whom the Lord commendeth.
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Open the full verse study11The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.
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Open the full verse study18For I will not dare to speak of any of those things which Christ hath not wrought by me, to make the Gentiles obedient, by word and deed,
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Open the full verse study1DO we begin again to commend ourselves? or need we, as some others, epistles of commendation to you, or letters of commendation from you?
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Open the full verse study27It is not good to eat much honey: so for men to search their own glory is not glory.
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Open the full verse study12For we commend not ourselves again unto you, but give you occasion to glory on our behalf, that ye may have somewhat to answer them which glory in appearance, and not in heart.
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Open the full verse study2No doubt but ye are the people, and wisdom shall die with you.
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