2Cor.10.2

Please don't force me to take a hard line when I'm present with you. Don't think that I'll hesitate a single minute to stand up to those who say I'm an unprincipled opportunist. Then they'll have to eat their words.

2Cor.10.2

I beg you that when I come I may not have to be as bold as I expect to be toward some people who think that we live by the standards of this world.

2Cor.10.2

But I beg you that when I am present I may not be bold with that confidence by which I intend to be bold against some, who think of us as if we walked according to the flesh.

2Cor.10.2

I hope it won't be necessary, but when I come I may have to be very bold with those who think we act from purely human motives.