Seconda lettera ai Corinzi 10

NOVA VULGATA	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Ipse autem ego Paulus obse cro vos per mansuetudinem et modestiamChristi, qui in facie quidem humilis inter vos, absens autem confido in vobis;	1 But I myself, Paul, am begging you, through the meekness and modesty of Christ. I am certainly, by appearances, lowly among you, yet I have confidence in you, even while I am absent.
2 rogo autem, ne praesens audeam per eam confidentiam, quae existimo audere inquosdam, qui arbitrantur nos tamquam secundum carnem ambulemus.	2 So I am petitioning you, lest I be bold, when present, with that bold confidence that I am considered to have by certain ones who judge us as if we were walking according to the flesh.
3 In carne enimambulantes, non secundum carnem militamus	3 For though we walk in the flesh, we do not battle according to the flesh.
4 — nam arma militiae nostrae noncarnalia sed potentia Deo ad destructionem munitionum — consilia destruentes	4 For the weapons of our battles are not carnal, yet still they are powerful with God, unto the destruction of fortifications: tearing down every counsel
5 set omnem altitudinem extollentem se adversus scientiam Dei, et in captivitatemredigentes omnem intellectum in obsequium Christi,	5 and height that extols itself contrary to the wisdom of God, and leading every intellect into the captivity of obedience to Christ,
6 et in promptu habentesulcisci omnem inoboedientiam, cum impleta fuerit vestra oboedientia.	6 and standing ready to repudiate every disobedience, when your own obedience has been fulfilled.
7 Quae secundum faciem sunt, videte. Si quis confidit sibi Christi se esse, hoccogitet iterum apud se, quia sicut ipse Christi est, ita et nos.	7 Consider the things that are in accord with appearances. If anyone trusts that by these things he belongs to Christ, let him reconsider this within himself. For just as he belongs to Christ, so also do we.
8 Nam et siamplius aliquid gloriatus fuero de potestate nostra, quam dedit Dominus inaedificationem et non in destructionem vestram, non erubescam,	8 And if I were even to glory somewhat more about our authority, which the Lord has given to us for your edification, and not for your destruction, I should not be ashamed.
9 ut nonexistimer tamquam terrere vos per epistulas;	9 But let it not be said that I am scaring you by means of epistles.
10 quoniam quidem “ Epistulae —inquiunt — graves sunt et fortes, praesentia autem corporis infirma, et sermocontemptibilis ”.	10 For they say: “His epistles, indeed, are weighty and strong. But his bodily presence is weak, and his speech is contemptible.”
11 Hoc cogitet, qui eiusmodi est, quia quales sumus verboper epistulas absentes, tales et praesentes in facto.	11 Let someone like this realize that whatever we are in word through epistles, while absent: we are much the same in deed, while present.
12 Non enim audemus inserere aut comparare nos quibusdam, qui seipsoscommendant; sed ipsi se in semetipsis metientes et comparantes semetipsos sibi,non intellegunt.	12 For we would not dare to interpose or compare ourselves with certain ones who commend themselves. But we measure ourselves by ourselves, and we compare ourselves with ourselves.
13 Nos autem non ultra mensuram gloriabimur sed secundummensuram regulae, quam impertitus est nobis Deus, mensuram pertingendi usque advos.	13 Thus, we will not glory beyond our measure, but rather according to the measure of the limit which God has measured out to us, a measure which extends even to you.
14 Non enim quasi non pertingentes ad vos superextendimus nosmetipsos,usque ad vos enim pervenimus in evangelio Christi;	14 For we are not overextending ourselves, as if we are not able to reach as far as you are able. For we have gone even as far as you have in the Gospel of Christ.
15 non ultra mensuramgloriantes in alienis laboribus, spem autem habentes, crescente fide vestra, invobis magnificari secundum regulam nostram in abundantiam,	15 We are not glorying immeasurably over the labors of others. Instead, we hold on to the hope of your growing faith, so as to be magnified in you, according to our own limits, but in abundance,
16 ad evangelizandumin iis, quae ultra vos sunt, et non in aliena regula gloriari in his, quaepraeparata sunt.	16 and even so as to evangelize in those places that are beyond you, not in order to glory in the measure of others, but rather in those things which have already been prepared.
17 Qui autem gloriatur, in Domino glorietur;	17 But whoever glories, let him glory in the Lord.
18 non enim qui seipsum commendat,ille probatus est, sed quem Dominus commendat.	18 For it is not he who commends himself who is approved, but rather he whom God commends.