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| [1]And Y my silf Poul biseche you, bi the myldenesse and softnesse of Crist, which in the face am meke among you, and Y absent triste in you. |
[1]I Paul my selfe beseche you by the mekenesse & gentlenesse of Christ, whiche when I am present among you, am lowlye: but am bolde towarde you beyng absent |
| [2]For Y preie you, that lest Y present be not bold bi the trist, in which Y am gessid to be bold in to summe, that demen vs, as if we wandren aftir the fleisch. |
[2]I beseche you, that I neede not to be bolde when I am present, with that same boldnesse, wherwith I am supposed to haue ben bolde, agaynst some, which repute vs as though we walked accordyng to the fleshe |
| [3]For we walkynge in fleisch, fiyten not aftir the fleisch. |
[3]For though we walke in the fleshe, yet we do not warre according to ye flesh |
| [4]For the armuris of oure knyythod ben not fleischli, but myyti bi God to the distruccioun of strengthis. And we distrien counsels, |
[4]For the weapons of our warfare are not carnall, but myghtie through God, to cast downe strong holdes |
| [5]and alle hiynesse that hiyeth it silf ayens the science of God, and dryuen `in to caitifte al vndirstonding in to the seruyce of Crist. |
[5]Wherwith we ouerthrowe counsels, and euery hye thyng, that is exalted agaynst the knowledge of God, & bryng into captiuitie all imagination, to the obedience of Christe |
| [6]And we han redi to venge al vnobedience, whanne youre obedience schal be fillid. |
[6]And are readie to take vengeaunce on all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfylled |
| [7]Se ye the thingis that ben after the face. If ony man trustith to him silf, that he is of Crist, thenke he this thing eft anentis hym silf, |
[7]Loke ye on thynges after the vtter appearaunce? If any man trust in hym selfe that he is Christes, let hym consider this agayne of hym selfe, that as he [is] of Christe, euen so [are] we of Christe |
| [8]for as he is Cristis, so also we. For if Y schal glorie ony thing more of oure power, which the Lord yaf to vs in to edifiyng, and not in to youre distruccioun, Y schal not be schamed. |
[8]For though I shoulde boast my selfe somwhat more of our auctoritie, which the Lorde hath geuen to vs for edification, and not for your destruction, it shal not be to my shame |
| [9]But that Y be not gessid as to fere you bi epistlis, |
[9]Lest I should seeme as though I wet about to make you afrayde by letters |
| [10]for thei seien, That epistlis ben greuouse and stronge, but the presence of the bodi is feble, and the word worthi to be dispisid. |
[10]For the letters sayth he, are sore and strong: but his bodyly presence is weake, and his speache rude |
| [11]He that is suche oon, thenke this, for suche as we absent ben in word bi pistlis, suche we ben present in dede. |
[11]Let hym that is such, thynke on this wise: that as we are in worde by letters, when we are absent, such are we in deede when we are present |
| [12]For we doren not putte vs among, or comparisoune vs to summen, that comenden hem silf; but we mesuren vs in vs silf, and comparisounen vs silf to vs. |
[12]For we dare not make our selues of the number of them, or to compare our selues to them which praise themselues. Neuerthelesse, whyle they measure them selues, with them selues, and compare them selues with them selues, they vnderstande not |
| [13]For we schulen not haue glorie ouer mesure, but bi the mesure of the reule which God mesuride to vs, the mesure that stretchith to you. |
[13]But we wyll not reioyce aboue measure: but accordyng to the measure of the rule, which God hath distributed vnto vs, a measure to reache euen vnto you |
| [14]For we ouerstretchen not forth vs, as not stretchinge to you. For to you we camen in the gospel of Crist, |
[14]For we stretch not out our selues beyonde measure, as though we reached not vnto you: For euen to you also haue we come with the Gospell of Christe |
| [15]not gloriynge ouer mesure in othere mennus trauelis. For we `han hope of youre feith that wexith in you to be magnefied bi oure reule in abundaunce, |
[15]And we boast not our selues out of measure in other mens labours: Yea, and we hope, when your fayth is increased among you, to be magnified accordyng to our measure aboundauntly |
| [16]also to preche in to tho thingis that ben biyendis you, not to haue glorie in othere mennus reule, in these thingis that ben maad redi. |
[16]And that I shall preache the Gospell, in those [regions] which [are] beyonde you: and not to glorie of those thynges, which by another mans measure are prepared alredy |
| [17]He that glorieth, haue glorie in the Lord. |
[17]But let hym that glorieth, glorie in the Lorde |
| [18]For not he that comendith hym silf is preuyd, but whom God comendith. |
[18]For he that prayseth hymselfe, is not alowed, but whom the Lorde prayseth |