Second Corinthians 10:1-18

II Corinthians 10:1 and 2:

^10:1But I myself Paul encourage you, by means of the meekness and considerateness of Christ, who indeed (am) humble face-to-face among you but being absent I am courageous into you, ^.2and I supplicate (that while I am) being present not to be courageous with the persuasion which I calculate to dare on some-people, the (people) calculating us as walking according to flesh,

Paul continues in this letter addressed to the holy-people (sanctified-people, Christians, saints, children of the only true God) who are the church of God being in Corinth together with all the holy-people being in the whole of Achaia at that time.

Emphatically I myself Paul (not someone else)…

• who indeed is humble (lowly, in a state of lowliness, a position of humbleness with respect to what God says) when I am face-to-face (present) with you,
• and while I am away-from you I am courageous (warmly-confident) into, directed-to you  

…I encourage you (exhort you, call you beside me as a concerned father or mother would invite their children close to them under their arms so as to help them to do that which is right) by means of (through)…

• the meekness (tender receptiveness or receptivity towards God and the things of God)
• and considerateness (the disposition of yielding appropriately with fitting-suitableness considering the rights of others in a righteous/just manner according to what God says)
  • of, belonging-to, and proceeding-from Christ (the resurrected Anointed-one),…

…and I supplicate you (express my lack of something specific and my need of help from you, I communicate my needful request to you) for the purpose that during the time of my being present with you (the next time that I am beside/with you)…

• I would NOT be in the position of having to be courageous (warmly confident) with the persuasion (the conviction, confidence, certainty and reliance)
  • which I calculate to dare (I reckon, count, compute to venture, challenge, confront-boldly) down-on some people – what people? –
    • the people who are calculating myself and those with me as walking (behaving, conducting ourselves) according to flesh (in accordance with the flesh, which can be influenced by satan; therefore not according to holy spirit!).

[Reference: Matthew 11:29; Acts 24:4; Romans 8:4, 12:16; I Corinthians 2:1-5, 4:21; II Corinthians 1:17ff; Philippians 4:5.]

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