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Paul Talk Bout Wat He Do Fo God

10 Dis yoa brudda Paul talking. You guys tink I shame fo talk strait out wen I stay wit you guys, but I no mo shame fo talk strait out wen I stay one far place? Eh, I telling you guys fo listen to me, cuz Christ get good heart fo you guys, an he give you guys chance. Get guys ova dea dat say dat us guys stay ack jalike da odda peopo inside dis world ack. So wen I come ova dea, I tink I gotta talk strait to dem guys. I telling you guys fo try listen to wat I saying now, so den wen I come ova dea, I no need talk strong to dem guys. Wen we get beef wit odda peopo, we no fight like da peopo inside da world dat donno God, no matta we live inside da world too. We no use da same kine tings fo beef, jalike da peopo inside dis world use. Wen we beef agains da hard head kine peopo dat try fo make argue, we get Godʼs power fo show dat dea hard head tinking all hamajang. Everyting dey do fo make demself mo importan, an fo stand agains anybody dat like know God, we goin teach um fo tink diffren kine, da way Christ like us tink. Afta you guys start fo do everyting Christ say, we goin stay ready fo handle anybody dat still yet do wat Christ say no do.

You guys ony like look at da tings on da outside. If one guy tink he Christʼs guy, he gotta tink bout dis, dat we Christʼs guys too, jalike him. I no mo shame fo tell everybody dat da Boss wen give us guys da right fo make you guys strong inside, an no wipe you guys out. I no like make like I try fo scare you guys wit da lettas I write. 10 Some guys say, “Da lettas from dis Paul guy, dey talk strong an dey get plenny power, but wen he stay ova hea, he no ack lidat, an wat he say, good fo notting.” 11 Try let dem guys figga dis: Da lettas we write wen we no stay dea, an how we ack wen we come dea, same ting.

12 Get peopo dat tell everybody dat dey real good peopo. We no make ourself jalike dem. We no like say we jalike dem. Dose guys, dey ony look at odda guys jalike demself, an dey figga dey stay good jalike dem. Wen dey make lidat, dey no undastan notting. 13 We no goin talk big bout someting we neva do. We ony goin talk big bout da job God wen give us fo do. Wat we wen do fo you guys, God wen tell us fo do dat. 14 We no stay ova-do um wen we talk big bout you guys. Cuz we da guys wen come an tell you guys da Good Stuff From Christ, an you guys wen listen. If God neva send us by you guys, an we still yet wen talk big bout you guys, den dass not right. 15 We no talk big bout da stuff odda peopo wen do. You guys stay trus God mo an mo now, an we stay waiting an trus dat we goin help you guys mo an moa, jalike God wen tell us fo do. 16 Den we can tell da Good Stuff From Christ inside da places da odda side a you guys, wea nobody stay working. No good we talk big bout wat odda guys wen do inside dea kuleana like we was da guys wen do um. 17 You know, da Bible say, “Da guy who talk big, let um talk big bout God da Boss.” 18 Anybody talk good bout demself, dat no goin make da Boss say, “Dis guy okay.” So den, who okay? Da guy da Boss talk good bout, he okay.

Paul’s Defense of His Ministry

10 By the humility and gentleness(A) of Christ, I appeal to you—I, Paul,(B) who am “timid” when face to face with you, but “bold” toward you when away! I beg you that when I come I may not have to be as bold(C) as I expect to be toward some people who think that we live by the standards of this world.(D) For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does.(E) The weapons we fight with(F) are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power(G) to demolish strongholds.(H) We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God,(I) and we take captive every thought to make it obedient(J) to Christ. And we will be ready to punish every act of disobedience, once your obedience is complete.(K)

You are judging by appearances.[a](L) If anyone is confident that they belong to Christ,(M) they should consider again that we belong to Christ just as much as they do.(N) So even if I boast somewhat freely about the authority the Lord gave us(O) for building you up rather than tearing you down,(P) I will not be ashamed of it. I do not want to seem to be trying to frighten you with my letters. 10 For some say, “His letters are weighty and forceful, but in person he is unimpressive(Q) and his speaking amounts to nothing.”(R) 11 Such people should realize that what we are in our letters when we are absent, we will be in our actions when we are present.

12 We do not dare to classify or compare ourselves with some who commend themselves.(S) When they measure themselves by themselves and compare themselves with themselves, they are not wise. 13 We, however, will not boast beyond proper limits, but will confine our boasting to the sphere of service God himself has assigned to us,(T) a sphere that also includes you. 14 We are not going too far in our boasting, as would be the case if we had not come to you, for we did get as far as you(U) with the gospel of Christ.(V) 15 Neither do we go beyond our limits(W) by boasting of work done by others.(X) Our hope is that, as your faith continues to grow,(Y) our sphere of activity among you will greatly expand, 16 so that we can preach the gospel(Z) in the regions beyond you.(AA) For we do not want to boast about work already done in someone else’s territory. 17 But, “Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord.”[b](AB) 18 For it is not the one who commends himself(AC) who is approved, but the one whom the Lord commends.(AD)

Footnotes

  1. 2 Corinthians 10:7 Or Look at the obvious facts
  2. 2 Corinthians 10:17 Jer. 9:24