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Now I, Paul, myself am pleading with you by the meekness and gentleness of Christ--who in presence am lowly among you, but being absent am bold toward you.
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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.
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For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war according to the flesh.
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For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds,
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casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ,
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and being ready to punish all disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled.