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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]Now I Paul myself beseech you by the meekness, and gentleness of Christ, which when I am present among you, am base, but am bold toward you being 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]And this I require you, that I need not to be bold when I am present, with that same confidence, wherewith I think to be bold against some, which esteem us as though we walked according to the flesh. |
| [3]For we walkynge in fleisch, fiyten not aftir the fleisch. |
[3]Nevertheless, though we walk in the flesh, yet we do not war after the 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 carnal, but mighty through God, to cast down holds) |
| [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]Casting down the imaginations, and every high thing that is exalted against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ, |
| [6]And we han redi to venge al vnobedience, whanne youre obedience schal be fillid. |
[6]And having ready the vengeance against all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled. |
| [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]Look ye on things after the appearance? If any man trust in himself that he is Christ's, let him consider this again of himself, that as he is Christ's, even so are we Christ's. |
| [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 should boast somewhat more of our authority, which the Lord hath given us for edification, and not for your destruction, I should have no shame. |
| [9]But that Y be not gessid as to fere you bi epistlis, |
[9]This I say that I may not seem as it were to fear you with 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, saith he, are sore and strong, but his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is of no value. |
| [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 such 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. |
| [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 ourselves of the number, or to compare ourselves to them, which praise themselves: but they understand not that they measure themselves with themselves, and compare themselves with themselves. |
| [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 will not rejoice of things, which are not within our measure, but according to the measure of the line, whereof God hath distributed unto us a measure to attain even unto 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 ourselves beyond our measure, as though we had not attained unto you: for even to you also have we come in preaching the Gospel of Christ, |
| [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]Not boasting of things which are without our measure: that is, of other men's labors: and we hope, when your faith shall increase, to be magnified by you according to our line abundantly, |
| [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 to preach the Gospel in those regions which are beyond you: not to rejoice in another man's line, that is in the things that are prepared already. |
| [17]He that glorieth, haue glorie in the Lord. |
[17]But let him that rejoiceth, rejoice in the Lord. |
| [18]For not he that comendith hym silf is preuyd, but whom God comendith. |
[18]For he that praiseth himself, is not allowed, but he whom the Lord praiseth. |